Word: crust
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...geophysicists, the ocean trenches are some of the most interesting places on earth. A well-supported theory holds that the trenches are places where the earth's crust is being sucked slowly into the depths by currents in the plastic inner material. When Trieste has penetrated the Marianas Trench and studied its rugged bottom, her reports may explain the origin not only of the earth's ocean deeps but also of its mountains...
...another example of the kind of polish she had in mind, Anne Ford last week gave a big, elegant coming-out party for her Daughter Charlotte at suburban Grosse Pointe Farms' upper-crust Country Club of Detroit, which was fitted out for the occasion with an 18th century French motif by Paris Designer Jacques Frank. It cost something over $250,000 to entertain the 1,270 guests who ate up, among other things, 5,000 finger sandwiches, 2,160 scrambled eggs, 100 Ibs. of corned beef hash, drank 480 bottles of Cuvée Dom Perignon...