Word: melts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...module several miles off target, were caused by local increases in lunar gravity brought about by areas of dense material beneath the five circular maria, or "seas." The concentrations of mass, called "mascons," may have been caused by the impact of large meteors, which generated enough heat to melt material below the surface of the moon and form regions of high density...
...likely than ever that future space probes will find any kind of life on Venus. A surface compression of 75 atmospheres is as crushing as the pressure of water 2,550 ft. below the ocean's surface. A temperature of 900° F. is more than enough to melt lead or zinc, or do in any form of life familiar to Earthmen...
...brightly colored plastic balls, about the size of a walnut and filled with water, seem just the thing for summer on the patio. Taken from the freezer and dropped into a drink, they don't melt and dilute the gin and tonic the way old-fashioned ice cubes do. And if Mother has bought pink ones shaped like elephants, the kiddies tend to clamor for them in softer drinks. But the freeze balls, made in Hong Kong and filled with water there, are apt to leak. When they do, the medical effects can be more chilling than the customer...
...action, even though she knew the "Fat Farm," as she called it, would be no Fun City. So Mrs. Richard J. Hughes, 46, wife of the New Jersey Governor, checked into Kempner clinic at Duke University Medical Center for a course in dieting. The pounds didn't melt away, and at times she had to resort to fasting to hurry the process along. Yet today, 18 weeks and 80 lbs. lighter, Mrs. Hughes is down to size 16. The magic formula: medication, a bland diet consisting mostly of rice and a rigorous regimen of exercise...
Working is a sad thing to do in the heart. The words on the page of the book get heavier and heavier and finally melt away. Your fingers stick to the typewriter keys and the typewriter keys stick to the paper, which is swollen with water from the moisture...