Word: lift
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Soviet Reticence. In contrast to NASA, Soviet space officials have been far less talkative about their two unmanned probes, Mars 2 and 3. But some U.S. observers have concluded from the size of the spacecraft-which weighed about 8,000 Ibs. more at lift-off than their American counterpart-that the Russians may be attempting an actual touchdown on the Martian surface, perhaps landing an automated Mars rover similar to their highly successful Lunokhod I, which roamed the moon for ten months. (The first U.S. Mars landing mission will not be launched until...
Catalyst for Violence. Observers doubt that the situation would ease even if Yahya were to release Mujib and lift a ban on the Awami League. Where the Bengalis once were merely demanding greater autonomy, they now seem determined to fight for outright independence...
...Jesus Christ now strides barefoot. He arrives onstage most phallically, rising like a glittering crocus out of a chalice that somewhat resembles those silvered bowls in which hotels serve grapefruit. He departs crucified on a Daliesque golden triangle that is slowly projected toward the audience by a hidden cherrypicker lift. In Jesus' company come a sweetly sensuous, cheek-kissing Mary Magdalene, a quintet of Jewish high priests who call for a "final solution" to their Jesus problem, and King Herod?a queen in full drag. There is also the traitor Judas, played by a black whose considerable talent and limitless...
...Lift for Men The Orient is not the only place where loss of face is avoided at all costs. Western women for years have been paying plastic surgeons to smooth over the wrinkles of time. Men, however, have usually accepted the inevitability of the sagging jowl, droopy eyelid and other facial evidence of aging...
...Fixing turkey-gobbler necks costs about $500; smoothing out cheeks runs an estimated $1,250 to $1,500, while eyelid surgery costs from $600 to $1,000, and a full face-lift (rhytidectomy) can cost up to $2,500. Most of the males who pay those prices are in their 40s or 50s, and many of them are separated or divorced. For the married, the operation has hazards as well as benefits. Warns Hardin: "One of the aftereffects of a face-lift is often divorce...