Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...officials reported that, like its crew, the Apollo spaceship experienced only the most minor ailments during the 260-hour eight-minute flight. Some of the spacecraft windows fogged over for still-unexplained reasons; an oxygen-flow sensor misbehaved and unnecessarily flashed a red light; batteries did not recharge as fast or as fully as expected; current overloads twice tripped circuit breakers, cutting off electrical power until the crew reset the breakers. The otherwise flawless performance was a tribute to the corrective program instituted by NASA and North American Rockwell Corp., Apollo's prime contractor, after the disastrous Cape Kennedy...
...usually brought out as the climax to frenzied revival meetings that may last for as long as four hours. "When the ecstasy of the Lord is upon you and you take up serpents," explains Mullins, "you have no fear. You got to believe this yourself. If you move too fast sometimes, or too slow, you'll get bit. But if you are under the anointing power of God, the serpent won't hurt...
Harvard's Alan Long worked his way from an early fifth position to challenge Ryan in the home stretch, finally sprinting a way in the last 200 yards for second place, sixteen seconds behind Seals. Long has shown an increasing ability to stick to a fast early pace and should be ready to challenge the leaders in the Big Three meet this Friday...
...Shintron Company gave some suggestions for exemplary graffiti: "Wallace, Stand Fast--You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Sheet"; "Draft Students--Leave Beer Alone"; "Richard Nixon Sold This Used...
...number of candidates who have stood fast both against the war and against domestic backlash is small, their caliber is unusually high. Paul O'Dwyer (N.Y.), William G. Clark (Ill.), Harold Hughes (Iowa), John Gilligan (Ohio) and Alan Cranston (Calif.) are five exceptional challengers who have done much to free their party from the likes of Mayor Daley and President Johnson. Similarly Abraham Ribicoff (Conn.) and George McGovern (S.D.) distinguished themselves at the Democratic Convention, while Ernest Gruening (Alaska), Gaylord Nelson (Wisc.), and Franch Church (Idaho) have performed yeoman service inside the Senate...