Word: gulf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...peered out his cabin window at the earth far below. Over California, he spotted part of the Imperial Valley to his left, and the Salton Sea; he could even pick out the irrigated acres around El Centro, where he once lived. Looking down on the Atlantic, he saw the Gulf Stream as a river of blue. Cabin temperature at one point went up to 108°, but Glenn was comfortable inside his separately cooled space suit...
These decisions will be made by the men in Massachusetts Hall and University Hall. And these men will not decide wisely if, as administrators of Harvard University, they continue to be separated by an ever-widening gulf from Harvard's teachers. What communication exists, for instance, between the Administrative vice President and the Masters? What is there in common between the professor who wants to encourage student demonstrations and the dean who is responsible for undergraduate affairs, or the administrator worried about the University's relationship with the city? What coordination is there between the Admissions staff and the Faculty...
There is one man within the University structure who is able to close the gulf between faculty and administration. The President deals more with external matters, not the day-to-day operation. His most important appointed officer, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is in a position to collect the loose ends on each side of the "gulf." He must be "an extraordinarily able, energetic, and forceful leader, a lively colleague, a brilliant administrative officer, and a fine scholar-teacher," knows and respected by both faculty and administration. This sort of animal just does not exist...
Britain quickly alerted 7,000 paratroopers, infantrymen and R.A.F. units in Cyprus, Kenya and Bahrein. From Mombasa, Kenya, a strike force of seven warships including the aircraft carrier Centaur with 45 fighter-bombers and helicopters aboard, sailed to join six British vessels already patrolling the Persian Gulf. "Just small-scale precautionary measures," said the Defense Ministry. Added the Foreign Office, confident that the show of force would be effective: "We don't expect any trouble...
...luminarias guide the Christ Child to every home. The custom is Spanish, and it started when Spain had dominion over our Southwest. The use of luminarias at Christmastime is a custom followed all along the Rio Grande River, from Taos and Santa Fe in New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico, and also in Texas. Though it is not too important, I think that your readers would like to know the correct spelling of the word: luminarias rather than liminarios, as it was spelled in the article...