Word: journeyer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...celestial dramatics succeed, they will represent the space age's first retrieval and repair of an earth satellite. Challenger is scheduled to begin its historic fix-it flight from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Friday, April 6, at 8:59 a.m. E.S.T On this eleventh shuttle journey, Navy Captain Bob Crippen, 46, a veteran of two earlier missions, and his four-man, all-rookie crew will be breaking other new ground...
...their journey north, Enrique and Rosa naively, but always intelligently, ride successive waves of shock and betrayal together. The strength of their dream propels them through daunting encounters with everything from tunnel rats to border patrols. In one hilarious scene, Enrique makes use of a friend's advice to pepper his speech with the word "fuck" in order to convince a pair of immigration officers that he is a Mexican...
...evening Mass at St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw was jammed last week, but not just because of Lenten piety. The service marked the first formal appearance of Jozef Cardinal Glemp after his return home from a 27-day journey to Brazil and Argentina. The Primate of Poland was characteristically cautious on this dramatic occasion. Mounting the pulpit, he doffed his scarlet biretta and carefully positioned it alongside the microphone. Next he paused. Then, explaining that he wanted to share his impressions of South America with his 1,000 congregants, the Cardinal set off on a soporific travelogue that...
...SALVADOR, the journey to the ballot box runs along the razor's edge. While many observers claim that Sunday's presidential election can do little to alter the situation in the war-torn country, two decisive outcomes are possible: the vote could either pave the way toward an acceptable solution to the civil war onset into motion a series of forces destined to bring the beleaguered nation to ruin...
What little tension runs through the film is not surprisingly resolved, so that when the boys finally do depart for war, their journey seems ironically more celebratory than troublesome. Hopper gets a coveted picture of Caddie for his wallet. Caddie and mom get a goodbye kiss, and the boys go off bravely to join the few, the proud, and the many...