Word: leape
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will celebrate the tenth anniversary of Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind" next week. Carter would do well to ponder what it takes to push this country beyond itself, where lie great risks but greater rewards...
...descent, flashing his image a quarter of a million miles back to earth. There was a moment's pause. Then Armstrong took the final step, planting his left boot on the finely powdered lunar surface. "That's one small step for a man," he said, "one giant leap for mankind...
Continuing its program of manned space exploration, NASA also made ingenious use of castoff Apollo hardware to create Skylab. Despite a troubled beginning and now its embarrassing demise, the giant space station represented another great leap. In 1973, three teams of astronauts occupied the station in rapid succession, one remaining aloft for 84 days. That record was not beaten by the Russians until 1978. More important, it proved to all doubters-and there were many-that humans could live and work together in space for long periods, conquering both isolation and the physical effects of weightlessness, such as weakening...
...long established Mostly Mozart festival, the twelve-day event is complete with buttons, T shirts (I AM A BACH BACKER), lectures, concerts, organ recitals at various churches, and free open-air performances by brass ensembles. The conductor watches concertgoers stream into Avery Fisher Hall and happily ponders the leap from his dining room...
When the abrupt new liberalization of the Great Leap Outward was just as abruptly slowed down this spring, many officials drew the old and painful lesson that today's official line may be tomorrow's heresy. Says a U.S. Sinologist who has recently visited several provinces: "Chinese officials seem to have decided that things are still far too uncertain and that they've got to play it safe and look out for No. 1." To a growing minority of officials with an appetite for the good life, that means not only pressing foreigners for favors, but also...