Word: eau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...enormous "blooms" of rust-colored algae. When these plants die, they sink and decompose, depleting oxygen supplies to such an extent that prized deep-swimming fish suffocate. "There are still transparent waters in mountain lakes, but these are too cold for anybody to jump in," mourns the Swiss magazine Eau-Air-Sante (Water-Air-Health). "We are liable to witness the departure of those tourists who are anxious to live in hygienic surroundings, and thus we shall miss the precious foreign currencies...
...host of prospects who figure to make it in the pros, including Greg Northington, a 7-ft. 1½. center from Alabama State who averages 20 rebounds per game; Georgetown's Ken Davis (32-pt. average); and Mike Ratliff, a rugged 6-ft. 10-in. junior center from Eau Claire. But four players in particular, according to the scouts, have "can't miss" written all over them. Travis Grant of Kentucky State, a 6-ft. 8-in., 225-lb. forward, is rated by a Knicks scout as "the best shooting forward in the country today." A hustling rebounder...
...special favorites-as cheaply as possible. That was important, since Beethoven was one of the greatest penny pinchers who ever lived. He was delighted to receive a fountain pen that held ink for five days, to hear about a new fragrance for men that supposedly was better than eau de cologne. In his last years, he made a brief effort to master one of the few arts he had never learned as a child -multiplication...