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Word: gibbous (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Like the universe, Petricone's classroom is a study in controlled chaos. "Are the Pleiades part of Taurus?" Franco Mastantuono asks no one in particular. Classmate Lisa David explains the difference between a crescent and a gibbous moon -- a waxing gibbous, at that. Barry Lyons solves the mystery of the moon's phases for a visitor by drawing an impromptu diagram. "What was the moon last night?" Petricone bellows. "A waxing crescent," Karyn Woodbury shoots back as she assembles her celestial sphere. "What about tonight?" Petricone pushes. "A first quarter," pipes another voice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Lessons From On High | 1/9/1989 | See Source »

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