Word: gals
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...come by. Pipelines for natural gas, used to heat homes in Barrow, must run above ground, because the earth is permanently frozen from a few inches below the surface to a depth of 1,300 ft. Gas lines snake through the settlement resting on half-sections of 55-gal. oil drums; at intersections, the pipe is framed in wood and runs overhead on gateways that look like crude Japanese torii. The impenetrable ground also makes sanitation a problem. Although the U.S. Public Health Service has promised to help with sewers and a water system some time in the future, Barrow...
They would not be easy for him to net, however, since most went for Nixon last time. Chappaquiddick is a grave liability in much of the Old West, where chivalry is still esteemed. Many a Montanan asks: "How could he leave that little gal alone?" That kind of sentiment is heard most often in strong Republican states, where Kennedy could not expect to win even if there had been no drowning. Here as elsewhere round the U.S., one senses that Chappaquiddick is often used as a rationale for those who never did like Kennedy...
Simian Sex. Rare Galápagos tortoises were coaxed to mate at the San Diego Zoo after keepers provided enough sand for them to dig their own "nests," the only place they apparently consider suitable for lovemaking. The zoo's gorillas posed another problem. Like most humans, they do not like to be the objects of spectator sex, so zoo officials constructed private rooms at a cost of $7.000. Here, too, they are still hoping for success. Meanwhile the San Francisco Zoo's gorillas have produced two babies...
...spent so many years of my life resenting her and wanting to live up to her," said Susan, who has apparently exorcised her aunt's troubling spirit by writing the book. "Now I'm very proud of her; I think she was a great old gal...
...cost of $250 million by the Atomic Energy Commission, it sprawls over 6,800 acres of prairie land near Batavia, Ill., 30 miles west of Chicago. Its principal feature is a circular tunnel four miles in circumference. For every minute of operation, it requires around 1,400 gal. of cooling water. Using it for a single experiment will demand the services of dozens of scientists and technicians, countless hours of preparation and expenditures of many thousands of dollars...