Word: hell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Agnew, and enjoys good liquor and luxuries of all kinds. He and his rarely seen wife rule over a big, expensive house in fancy Chestnut Hill (Rizzo denies persistent reports that he spent up to $410,000 to buy it and fix it up). He will not even say "hell" in the presence of a woman, but when he is with the boys he can swear with the best of them-especially at the newspapers...
...wide; another shows, on an otherwise smooth plain, a cluster of 15 to 20 peaks in a pattern strongly reminiscent of volcanoes on earth. A third view further strengthens suspicions that Venus, whose high temperatures (around 900° F.) suggest a medieval theologian's idea of hell, may possess a recently active volcano. It shows a mountain measuring 279 miles by 186 miles at its base; at its summit is a 90-yd. depression that some believe may have been made by a meteor but Malin speculates is the crater of a volcano...
...FROZEN HELL. The planet named for the Greek god of the underworld is considerably colder than Venus. Ever since Pluto was first discovered in 1930, scientists have wondered why the planet, which lies on the outermost reaches of the solar system, shines so brightly. Three scientists from the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy have now come up with an answer. Theorizing that Pluto is far enough from the sun to escape its heat and thus likely to be covered by ice, the trio used the telescope at Kitt Peak, Ariz., to study the planet through different filters...
...head OSHA late last year, is determined to make the agency more effective. Corn is moving to hire 250 new inspectors and expand the agency's training program to focus more on worker health. Of 1,200 OSHA inspectors, only 135 are industrial hygienists. "OSHA has taken a hell of a rapping for petty enforcement," says Corn. "It was deserved. We've concentrated far too much on safety and not enough on health...
...better than nothing," he says, "I think I'm gonna get one of her as she comes out the door." He positions himself in front of the door and stands in the chilly night air waiting for her. He checks his watch and figures if he runs like hell to his car he can make it to the grocery store in time to meet his wife...