Word: homewards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Look Homeward, Angel, (CBS Playhouse 90). Adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's novel. 9:30, Feb. 25. Chan...
...debate that ended in the expulsion of the Nationalists was drawing to a close in New York, Chou was entertaining the personal emissary of the U.S. President in Peking. When word of the outcome reached Peking (Henry Kissinger learned of it five minutes after he was aloft and homeward-bound in the presidential 707), Chou celebrated. At an embassy reception in Peking, a smiling Chou moved from table to table, shaking hands and lifting his glass of fiery mao tai to acknowledge congratulations. The favorable vote was "unexpected." Chou said. But, he laughed, "I'm happy, of course...
Later, on the homeward voyage, Worden conducted a more esoteric experiment. Pointing his instruments at X-ray sources far out in the galaxy, he recorded the emissions for clues that might be used to confirm the existence of "black holes"-weird, theorized remnants of huge, collapsed stars. He also awed earthlings-including his two daughters-by taking a televised 18-min. walk in deep space some 200,000 miles from earth to retrieve the exposed film cassettes from the service module's cameras...
...Apollo 15 clears up only a few of the moon's puzzles, the perilous mission will be worth the enormous risks. On their homeward journey, the astronauts were scheduled to continue their scientific investigations. Shortly before Endeavour, carrying all three crewmen again, fires itself out of lunar orbit, the ship is to leave behind another memento of Apollo 15's visit. With the press of a button, the small, instrument-packed subsatellite will be automatically injected into an orbit around the moon. The tiny package should swing around the moon for more than a year, radioing vital data about...
...homeward leg of Rogers' hectic tour, TIME Correspondent, Herman Nickel, who accompanied the Secretary of State, concluded that the trip had accomplished much. U.S. spokesmen felt that they had persuaded both sides that it was essential to keep talking peace to achieve peace. Cabled Nickel: "Rogers succeeded in putting official U.S.-Israeli relations on a more businesslike, less sentimental and chummy basis. This required considerable firmness. Certainly Rogers had his priorities right. Given the solid state of the U.S.-Israeli relationship and the tender young reed of a new American relationship with the Arabs, Arab sensibilities were more important than...