Word: circularized
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...Flying" his ship with brief bursts of energy from the appropriate rockets, Capsule Commander Grissom brought it absolutely level. Then he fired two forward-pointing rockets for precisely 73 seconds. Molly slowed down; the apogee of her orbit dropped by 34 miles. The spacecraft was now on an almost circular course...
...bring a sort of bloated football across their opponents' goal line. They can run with it, kick it, or pass it laterally or backward. If a man with the ball is tackled by an opponent he must drop it immediately, and both teams form a "scrum," that is, a circular pile of men attempting to kick the ball into their possession and kick their opposition away from the ball...
...Harvard groups were present to protest against the rally. Members of the November 9th Committee passed out leaflets urging the government to stay in Vietnam. Four Law School students from the Ad Hoc Committee to End All Ad Hoc Committees loudly criticized the "circular false argument" which they found in the speeches...
Sensing a new jag in the jigsaw trend, Springbok has become even more esoteric, is pushing circular puzzles (no straight edges to assemble for frame) in solid colors. Upon opening "Little Red Riding Hood's Hood," the puzzlephile sees nothing but red-506 pieces of it. Or if he prefers white or brown, he can work at two vicious circles teasingly entitled "Snow White Without the Seven Dwarfs" and "CloseUp of the Three Bears." For those overburdened with leisure time, the thrill in working out such finger exercises is the assurance that no deadlier way to kill time...
Hidden Honeycomb. The running fight around the Catholic refugee village 40 miles southeast of Saigon (ironically, Binhgia translates as "Peaceful House") was a testimonial to Viet Cong cunning. Government paratroopers discovered one of their adversaries' main camps. Circular in shape, it was crisscrossed with trenches camouflaged by fast-growing yam plants and running for hundreds of yards among concealed barracks roofed with thatch. Below the redoubt were huge, man-made caverns 60 feet underground, honeycombed with tunnels. At one point, eight tunnels converged into a large subterranean room that was complete with tables, chairs and Viet Cong flags...