Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Huskies have now fallen back to earth. Last week they were crushed by last-place Lowell...
...timing of when these waves will bottom or crest depends very much on astrology," says Sexton, "which is simply the science of understanding the nature of time, since our sense of time depends on the relationship of the earth to the sun and moon. We are getting very close to the end of the primary wave-three rally, which has been in effect since July 1984. Then we will have a primary-wave correction, which will take eight months, representing a decline of 400 to 600 points...
...landscape. "Over 223 million acres have suffered from severe desertification, and more are threatened," he says. "Deteriorating grasslands create all sorts of problems. Plant species die out; erosion occurs; watersheds dry up; animals, birds and insects go elsewhere because there's nothing to eat, and so the earth is no longer replenished by their nutrients...
...them, the whole world would become desert. But that kind of solution was wrong and counterproductive. Simplicity is the only thing I defend. I'd like to live with just a tin plate, a knife and a rifle in the African bush . . . knowing that the earth and all the watersheds were healing . . . I could die happy then...
...golden boy. "Dream of flying," his mother urged, and the boy did. Gifted and coddled, he could pick up any one of his toy planes and send it soaring, ever higher, never landing, as buoyant and restless as his imagination. Then reality brought his world crashing to earth. The boy, poor indomitable thing, had a lot to learn about gravity...