Word: moone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...articles, speeches and informal discussions with other scientists, he has advocated the early start of a program to send manned spacecraft past nearby planets. He has theorized that life may have once begun to develop on the moon and has suggested that it might be worthwhile to seize one of the moonlets of Mars and fly it back into earth orbit...
...decided that nick names were undignified for craft involved in a historic national effort. Word went out to put an end to name-call ing. Even official labels had to be made more solemn. On the theory that Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) was too frivolous a name for the moon-landing craft, NASA gravely renamed it Lunar Mod ule, thus reducing the friendly LEM to the unpronounceable...
...amplified sound of the incongruous pop-rock score may reach the moon ahead of the astronauts. The chorus boys' codpieces are ample, but they scarcely camouflage the empty boisterousness of both dance and bawdry...
Actually, his nephew's kind of opening is as out of date as The Moon and Sixpence. The openings that today's most authentic bohemians frequent take place on a Saturday, and during regular gallery hours. The dealer serves no drinks. The public is welcome, even solicited with an ad in Saturday's Times...
Such situations were once the end of Westerns; in The Stalking Moon it is only the beginning. Sarah's "husband" is Salvaje (Nathaniel Narcisco), a murderous Apache with a memory as long as his rifle. As the troop moves West, Salvaje follows like a red plague, killing everything-including horses and dogs-in his path...