Word: eve
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...days before the major U.S. space effort scheduled for this week, brought up new questions about the U.S. space capability. So, accompanying the cover story, we have a detailed report and six pages of color pictures to show the state of the space art in the U.S. on the eve of the two-man Gemini launching. There were other major stories (civil rights, politics, foreign affairs) that called for and are given major treatment. Beyond these must stories there is TIME news that answers a world of questions. Consider these...
...Eve-ett I. Mendelsohn, assistant professor of History of Science, has been promoted to associate professor, the University announced yesterday. A specialist in the history of biology, Mendelsohn teaches History of Science III and three graduate seminars...
Miss Julie, slightly maddened by her monthly indisposition and by the enchantments of Midsummer Eve, seduces Jean, her father's attractive valet. Horrified by the deed, she first begs Jean to run away with her and then, realizing his despicable nature and remembering her own pedigree, commits suicide...
...solution. She sends the moonbeam off to shine as governess for Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer, slickly miscast), a widower who shares his palatial Schloss with seven troublesome but more or less irresistible children. Appalled by the captain's ironfisted discipline, Maria coddles the youngsters. One stormy eve she packs them all into bed with her, quieting their fears with some doughty Hammerstein stanzas. Eventually she teaches them to sing, captivates their father and marries him. Together they lead their septet across the border to Switzerland, with storm troopers baying in the wings...
Last December 24, a large party of Portuguese soldiers were celebrating Christmas Eve in a bar in the village of Miteda, a tiny outpost in the jungles of Portugal's African colony of Mozambique. In the midst of the revel, a small band of heavily-armed Africans slipped unnoticed out of the forests and surrounded the village. Grenades went flying into the bar, and machine guns opened up on the Portuguese as they spilled out of the crumbling building; 113 soldiers were killed. The guerillas disappeared into the jungle with their first major victory. A new African revolution was underway...