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...Rockingham Park, after a rain, things are different. The Rockingham Park track does not drain rain water very well. After a rain most of the track is a mire of heavy goo, but the rail still has the hard cushion. The answer is that the running surface is sloped a little towards the infield right near the rail. The rain water that falls near the rail drains off quickly...

Author: By The Scientist, | Title: The Scientist Can Take Rain | 7/31/1970 | See Source »

...Plop. A rotten tomato slides down his chin. "But we're spending $200 million in California this year on improving our service." He is hit with an egg. "Cables, switches, personnel, everything." A cream pie splatters over his face. "Thank you for your patience," he mumbles through the goo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: The Mea Culpa Campaign | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

When the well first blew out, the problem was certainly serious. Hundreds of birds died in the sepia goo. Lobsters, clams, mussels, fish and untold other small ocean creatures were destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The The Environment Environment: Not So Deadly | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

...ripped off the wrapping and released a swarm of furious bees. Intended for a beekeeper in Columbus, Ga., the parcel had mysteriously acquired the doctor's address en route. In Los Angeles, a couple delightedly opened a two-pound box of Dutch chocolates, only to find a soupy goo inside. Their gift had languished for six months in a local postal warehouse before delivery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Services: A New Postman Cometh | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

...rhymes and rages, Soviet Poet Evgeny Evtushenlco, 34, had a few angry verses after he learned of Dr. Benjamin Spock's conviction for conspiracy to incite draft evasion. In a poem titled "Monologue to Dr. Spock," Evtushenko proclaimed that there is far more sense in the "eternally constant goo-goo of a child than in the whole generation of shameless politicians." A fine sentiment, though it lost a bit in the translation. Russian for "goo-goo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 28, 1968 | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

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