Word: marse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Antony and Cleopatra, as Shakespeare conceived them, were superhuman symbols: Mars and Aphrodite, Rome and Egypt, hero and serpent twined in the grand passion that compels the universe itself. "The nobleness of life," they cried, "is to do thus," and as they "kiss'd away kingdoms" they ecstatically proclaimed...
* The earth may have disappeared in just such a manner for the Russians' Mars Probe 1. Last week the Soviets announced that the vehicle failed to keep its directional antenna pointed accurately toward home when its orientation system failed.
(3 of 3) private mail and reads that too." Like a Love Affair. His wit was as well known as his eccentricity. Once when talking to a pretty girl pilot he explained a tail spin as "something like a love affair; you don't notice how you get into...
Clarke's inquiry into the ramifications of space itself is provoking. He observes that men in the past have thought of space as a wide field for colonization, an outlet for the population explosion, with exploration leading to an eventual space empire. But even with better space vehicles, travel will...
Like most Congressmen, Church can say something western drawl. The vowels are sharp and precise. He uses allusions occasionally and effectively: "We've been living with Mars for twenty-two years, and we've grown accustomed to his face."