Word: inwardness
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...breeder about the importance of names, and the monikers sprouted as fast as his stable: Billy Fury, 17, light-sideburned Dicky Pride, 17, Vince Eager, 18, and Johnny Gentle, the old man of the group at 22. "What you have to do with a name is bring out their inward personality," Parnes explains...
...starts his ship in the direction opposite to the earth's orbital motion. Its net departure speed above escape velocity is subtracted from the orbital speed. This makes it move too slowly to stay on the earth's orbit, so the sun's gravitation curves it inward to Venus...
...other English departments return to see the house which gave birth to their scholarly careers. Everyone agrees that something intangible contributes to making Warren House the indispensable institution it has become. Perhaps one professor best summed it up in quoting Santayana's description of Concord: "External humility and inward pride." ir?-, iohkRCcotkle
...bring the space sailer back to the earth's orbit, the operator on earth could reset the sail at such an angle that sunlight bouncing off would tend to reduce its orbital speed. As the speed slowly diminished, the space sailer would spiral inward toward the sun, eventually returning to the earth's orbit...
Last week N.Y.U. double-teamed him all night, set its other players in a zone defense that collapsed inward on the Cincinnati star whenever he got near the basket. Despite everything N.Y.U. could do. Oscar dumped in 45 points, grabbed 19 rebounds. On offense he threaded nimbly through opposing players, shooting when free, passing off to teammates when hemmed in. On defense he rebounded beautifully, flicked his long arms out with lightning speed to break up N.Y.U. plays, steal the ball, intercept passes. Through it all he drew only one personal foul, though he played all but the final...