Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...automated. Soon Lovell, Haise and Swigert were on the carrier's flight deck, hearing Rear Admiral Donald Davis say, "We're glad you made it, boys." The ship's chaplain said a prayer of thanksgiving, and the three astronauts joined him. In Houston, Marilyn Lovell touched the universal mood when she said: "It was beautiful...
Richard Nixon shared the week's mood. While the astronauts were still in danger, he immersed himself in their plight, received frequent briefings, and visited the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland to get fresh information firsthand. The President discussed with Michael Collins, the former astronaut who is now Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, the inherent risks of challenging frontiers. Said Collins later: "He talked about the covered wagons going across to California. Those were brave people then and there were a lot of graves along the way. But they went ahead...
...mood was ugly in New York City too (see box). A rally at Bryant Park, where some 20,000 New Yorkers had gathered peacefully, was disrupted by 100 militants. A mob of white Black Panther sympathizers rampaged through Columbia University, breaking windows and throwing stink bombs...
...government, protesting its failure to protect U.S. property and demanding prompt and full compensation. Jordan responded by demanding the recall of Symmes, a veteran foreign service officer who has spent 23 years in Arab countries. From Jerusalem Sisco traveled via Nicosia to Beirut, where anti-American students set the mood for his visit by throwing stones at the U.S. embassy, and then Teheran, the next scheduled stops after Amman on his eight-day visit...
...those who oppose the Vietnam war not out of war weariness but because they feel it is fundamentally wrong, the endless cycle of the anti-war movement has led to a mounting frustration and anger. This new mood came to the surface Wednesday, not just in the street fighting of the 3000 people in Harvard Square, but in the poor attendance...