Word: flamingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tongue of fingers in the flame...
...concern for ecology, for redesigning man's physical consciousness. But he considers his show in Pittsburgh the merest sketch for future projects. These include a mile-long arch of hydrogen-filled balloon flown over the sea, to be exploded at dusk by an electric spark; vast towers of flame; and a scheme to incorporate the sun into art by turning it black, red or blue with optical "veils" hung between it and the earth. What will the ecologists make of that...
...repairmen from the municipal gas company pulled up to a subway construction site in a thronged downtown district. They were there to check reports of a leak. Minutes after they had begun work, the driver of the service car switched on his ignition again, and a sheet of flame enveloped the vehicle. As the driver struggled free of the flames, hundreds of homeward-bound pedestrians crowded into the area. As it turned out, the blazing car was only a deadly preface. Moments after it caught fire, the first in a series of massive gas explosions tore through the crowds. "When...
...televised from close up for the first time-had obviously lost none of its awesome drama. "Good luck, and head for the hills!" called Cape Kennedy launch control to the Apollo crew. Apollo 13 did just that. It lifted off into the hazy Florida skies in a cloud of flame and, only six-tenths of a second late, headed toward the hilly highlands near the lunar crater Fra Mauro, 246,000 miles away...
...Oscar time and, like moths to the flame, the chauffeured limousines glided through Beverly Hills and homed in on a giant arc light piercing the California night. As they arrived, the stars fussed with their see-through dresses, tie-dyes and black ties and then paraded up a red-carpeted walkway. The path did not lead, however, to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the 42nd annual Academy Award presentations. The setting instead was 9492 Rembert Lane and the occasion the "42nd Annual Mitchell Academy of Arts and Games" -actually the second annual gathering of a rump group of Hollywood headliners...