Word: mooned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Chiang's air force, which has scored no previous spectacular success, stopped the Reds. Cloudless days & nights with a full moon helped his flyers play havoc with the Red supply lines...
...conscience is clear as the sun and moon...
...official name: 1948-L) is now moving away from the sun, having passed closest to it on Oct. 27. It is about 50 million miles from the earth and will not come any nearer. Its tail is more than 15° long, 30 times the breadth of the full moon, and its head is estimated to be of the second magnitude in brightness (this is brighter than all except 41 stars in the sky). The comet will fade slowly, but it will appear a little earlier every day. Early risers or late-to-bedders will have a better chance...
Blood on the Moon (RKO Radio) is a cow opera in which even the cattle behave convincingly. When they stampede, they look less like a spectacle than just a big nuisance. The bad men (Robert Preston, et al.) are also believable. Before Cowpoke Robert Mitchum gets mixed up in plot, he has a friendly shooting match with the rancher's daughter (Barbara Bel Geddes). She snipes at him as he tries to ford a stream. He retaliates by shooting the heel off her boot. At some point in this exchange of lead, love blossoms...
Blood on the Moon contains some of the oldest trappings in horse opera, but the performances make the difference. The heroine looks as if she might really live on a ranch, and like it; the hero has plausible motives for shooting when he shoots. They contend with the villains against handsome outdoor backgrounds...