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...riot flares sputtered in the dusk...
...greater question, of course, was what Soviet science learned from the two probes. Very little is known about Venus. Second only to Mercury in nearness to the sun, its bright reflection makes it the last star to fade at dawn, the first to appear at dusk. In size, it just about equals Earth, and like Earth, it possesses an atmosphere. For years, scientists have speculated that life might exist on Venus. But the U.S.'s Mariner II, passing within 21,600 miles of the planet in 1962, radioed back data indicating that Venus' surface was dry, dead...
...remains: Will philosophy ever again address the heavens? Will it contribute anything to man's vision, rather than merely clarifying it? Caution and confusion are not necessarily signs of disaster, and even Hegel remarked that "the owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk." But the shadows are deep and the time for an awakening is at hand...
...dusk settled over the embattled country on Christmas Eve, there was hope there would be a temporary truce for the first time in eight years...
...guards used mirrors mounted on long poles to look underneath vehicles driven by Vietnamese. In the Caravelle Hotel, Vietnamese guests of Americans heading for the top-floor restaurant had to submit to searches in the lobby, and were required to leave their ID cards behind with the concierge. A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed by Westmoreland on all U.S. military personnel in Saigon...