Word: cordes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that it is independent of the spaceship except for a simple tether. The pictures do show cylinders on Leonov's back that probably held oxygen, but the cable attaching him to the spaceship was thick enough to contain a good-sized oxygen tube. It may be an umbilical cord supplying oxygen from the spaceship's tanks, besides carrying wires for communication and telemetering. The tube could also carry away carbon dioxide from Leonov's breathing, water vapor from his perspiration and excess heat. The oxygen cylinders on his back may have been for emergency...
...playing crony judges Matthau by a Rorschach test of his refrigerator: "I saw milk standing in there that wasn't even in the bottle." By contrast, Carney is a fuss-budgety fanatic of cleaning and cooking. The kitchen is his womb, and the apron string is his umbilical cord. But his real specialty is crying on his own shoulder; he claims more symptoms than there are diseases. Matthau grouses that his fidgety roommate is "the only man in the world with clenched hair." A clenched-jaw finale finds the pair admitting that they are not meant for each other...
...Even the cords that a sympathetic serviceman has semi-legally installed must go, because, as Gates explained, "a long cord is a long cord and is, therefore, not allowed...
...college also claims that a long cord is a fire hazard. When asked if Cambridge has any laws against long cords, however, a spokesman for the fire department answered, "Of course not. What does that have to do with the fire department...
...girl across the hall is writing her thesis and I'm dating my nosey next door neighbor's brother. Besides, I've never yet had a phone conversation that would set anything on fire. Whether Buildings and Grounds likes it or not, I'm afraid that the long cord is here to stay...