Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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These results show the need for further research into the effects of technology on the ozone layer. Large solar flares occur infrequently, allowing the ozone layer time to be replenished by natural processes. But man's assaults on the ozone shield, in the form of SST flights, aerosol sprays and other chemicals, are continuous and could permanently deplete the layer...
...decorate graves, fancy fiddling and a twanging Jew's-harp reverberate through a winter barn dance. Turkey in the Straw, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, Camptown Races-Ives borrowed quotes from the sound track of his youth. Beneath this patriotic gloss, his own thorny rhythms and free-form counterpoint combine to create music that remains imaginatively American...
...committee claims that the agreement covered only publication in book form and that when the report appeared in the Voice, their agreement-and its confidentiality-ceased. Schorr, on the other hand, accused the committee of blowing his cover-"I am fully aware," he said, "of the irony of my complaining about leaks"-and insisted that the committee had been involved in the negotiations with Voice Publisher Clay Felker...
...time their daredevil streaked by, which she did fast enough and often enough to win three medals: two gold and one silver. Hamill Hall was the Olympic Stadium, where seemingly every American in Austria turned out to cheer as their figure-skating favorite swept over the ice in flawless form to win a gold medal. By the time the two women were done, they had stolen the show at the 12th Winter Games...
...fast-rising issue among feminists, who contend that the taboo teaches women self-hatred and worthlessness. Today, some Jewish women pass on the taboo with a hard slap to the face of a daughter at her first menstruation. Most other mothers, says Weideger, deliver the slap in psychic form, teaching daughters to feel shame about a natural process (the periodic shedding, brought on by a drop in hormonal production, of the lining of the womb when the ovum has not been fertilized...