Word: ironical
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another unexpected finding was the strength of the moon's magnetic field; pre-Apollo scientists were sure that there was no significant lunar magnetic field. But there is, though its strength is puny compared with earth's. Does that mean that the moon once had a molten iron core? Perhaps. Urey offers an alternate explanation. He maintains that the moon picked up its magnetism early in its history while it was closer to earth. And the arguments...
...that the international shipping business is inextricably tied to the fortunes of Japan, which now faces a slowdown in its economic boom. At the heart of the problem are the Japanese steel mills. Japan is the world's third largest producer of steel, but virtually all of its iron ore and coal must be shipped in from mineral-rich countries abroad...
Chancellor won a reputation among his NBC colleagues as an "iron man" for talking 90 minutes nonstop on camera in November 1960 while he and the rest of the national press waited for John Kennedy to arrive at the Hyannis armory to make the presidential-election victory statement. During the 1964 Republican Convention, he was hustled bodily off the floor by a sergeant at arms attempting to clear the aisles. "It's awfully hard to remain dignified at a time like this," Chancellor ad-libbed. As he faded from the screen, he solemnly intoned: "This is John Chancellor, somewhere...
...light is the urging, so ordered the dark petals of iron...
...found it at Dallas' Tenison municipal golf course, where there were plenty of wallets waiting to be tapped. His challenge was hard to resist: he would play with only one club, give an opponent his handicap, and winner take all. Trevino claims that he and his trusty No. 3 iron never lost. When things were slow, he would take on all comers on an obstacle course that began on the first tee and then angled across a railroad crossing, down a gravel road and through a tunnel before ending back on the course. Business was so good (he was averaging...