Word: earthly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Deng said to me, "If the world is thrown out of its orbit, won't there be a danger that the earth will be plummeted into that huge ball of fiery...
WHEN SKYLAB'S orbit began to degenerate, everyone knew there could be only one outcome. As the satellite plunged closer and closer to Earth, it had to plow through denser and denser layers of the atmosphere; increasing drag reduced its velocity and increased the rate of its fall. Finally, too much of its momentum had been destroyed. The situation, literally, disintegrated...
Polls have shown Flynn to be at the peak of his popularity in the city and political observers have said his election come November is almost a sure bet. A former schoolteacher, Flynn is known for his down-to-earth, neighborly style. He has been praised for reaching out to all the neighborhoods in the city...
...hockey and soccer games are called off and the fans go home disappointed. If the field's wet, the rugby game takes place as scheduled and the fans are delighted. If rugby wasn't called rugby it would be called mud. These guys don't let a little sloppy earth stand in the way of their...
Their interest is hardly academic. The ozone-enriched air, which stretches from six to 30 miles up, protects life on earth from dangerous solar ultraviolet radiation (UV). Although ozone, whose molecules are made of three oxygen atoms, absorbs UV radiation, even the amount that now penetrates the ozone layer can cause skin cancers and has been linked to cataracts. With less ozone, these disorders will increase; with no ozone at all, the UV could be deadly. Scientists have long suspected that decomposing CFCs in the stratosphere release chlorine, which acts as a catalyst, breaking ozone molecules apart...