Word: gazes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that there is no such danger. In fact, the villagers have become quite proud of the strange, shimmering edifice in their midst. And why not? The solar furnace is not only handsome in an other-worldly way; it is also a significant tourist attraction, bringing thousands of people to gaze in awe at Odeillo's mighty mirror...
...pensive man in private, Jackson expounds his opinions forcefully in public. He does not arouse a crowd as readily as King did, but he employs cadence, sweeping hand gestures, a penetrating gaze and abrupt changes in volume to command attention. He deliberately mangles grammar and throws in mild profanity to develop rapport with audiences. He is hopelessly addicted to preacherly metaphors, some effectively illuminating, others either mystifying or inept. "We need leadership," he likes to say, "not leaders. The ship is what's important because
...tuxedoed steward still seats passengers at tables with vases of fresh Colorado carnations resting on the white linen. There are Rocky Mountain trout, California champagne served in silver ice buckets, and afterward a selection of cigars and cordials. Sitting in the glassed-in Vista-Dome cars, passengers gaze out at the fleeting landscape like transients in time...
SOLAR eclipses are one of nature's most fascinating events -and also one of the most dangerous for observers. As more and more of the solar disk is blotted out, the sky darkens, and it becomes easier to gaze directly at the sun. While the visible light lessens, however, the pupils of the viewer's eyes dilate, allowing infra-red radiation from the still uncovered crescent of the sun to focus on his retinas. Although he feels no pain, the infra-red can quickly burn his retinas, causing irreparable damage to his vision. To avoid eye injury, medical...
...irrelevant; what matters is that boy and girl meet, love and copulate in the desert, accompanied by 35 couples (and two triples), who writhe in the gypsum in awful parodies of sexual ecstasy. "I always knew it would be like this," sighs a sated Mark as he and Daria gaze at postcoital desert vistas before going their separate ways. Each has profoundly affected the other, of course. Mark flies back to L.A. to return the plane. Daria, hearing on her car radio that Mark has been killed by the cops, soon envisages her boss/lover's house blowing into smithereens...