Word: mooned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harry E. Roses, production superintendent of Electronic Tubes Ltd., and R. A. Smith, of the government's rocket development center at Westcott, are planning for flights higher than 180 miles. They have tailored (on paper) a fully equipped "space suit" for explorers to wear when strolling on the moon...
Charles A. Federer, of the College Observatory staff, said yesterday that the moon will enter the shadow of the earth at 8:05 p.m. and come back into the sunlight by 11:48. The period of totality will be between...
Tonight's eclipse will be "prettier" than last April's, Federer expects. The moon is now at its furthest distance from the earth, and there will be more light within the shadow...
...gazed anxiously northward. Far out over the North Sea her husband sat patiently on the edge of his basket, his feet dangling over the waves that lapped ten yards below, "so that if I should go into the water, I would not be entangled in the gear." The moon was full by then and "traveling swiftly on the very edge of the waves," Joseph recalled. "It was like a fairy tale." As the waves came even closer to his perch, Joseph dumped the last of his sand ballast and busied himself cutting up his trail rope to throw that...
...month trip to England and Scotland); finally, after an imposter (the stranger) tries to pass himself off as the returned prodigal, the real son returns to his parents amid great rejoicing. But in the Lemonade Opera's church-basement opera house, even John (Man in the Moon) Gutman's fine translation and adaptation failed to give the action much charm or excitement...