Word: mooning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...conversations people are having about a presidential debate or the American Idol finale or Tiger Woods - or a conference in New York City on education reform. For as long as we've had the Internet in our homes, critics have bemoaned the demise of shared national experiences, like moon landings and "Who Shot J.R." cliff hangers - the folkloric American living room, all of us signing off in unison with Walter Cronkite, shattered into a million isolation booths. But watch a live mass-media event with Twitter open on your laptop and you'll see that the futurists had it wrong...
...faithful dog, Snowy, his retinue included cantankerous sailor Captain Haddock; eccentric egghead Professor Calculus; and the doltish, bowler-hatted, doppelgänger detectives, Thomson and Thompson. And his adventures took on more elaborate themes, from drug-smuggling to Cold War spying and even space travel; Tintin reached the moon 15 years before Neil Armstrong. Since Hergé first drew his quiffed hero, about 230 million Tintin comic books have sold around the world, translated into more than 80 languages. And now Hollywood has got its hands on him, with Steven Spielberg producing a Tintin movie trilogy...
There is also a gallery devoted to the science of Tintin, with scale models of cartoon inventions like Professor Calculus' glorious red-and-white moon rocket; another holds examples of imaginative merchandising that Hergé himself oversaw. Together, the displays are a testament to what Michael Farr, author of Tintin: The Complete Companion, describes as Tintin's timeless appeal: "Tintin is universal. He transcends fashion, age and nationality. These are classic, inexhaustible stories, beautifully drawn, beautifully written...
...people lived on the moon, I suspect they would find objects from the Earth more valuable than those in their lunar home. Similarly, I know I would find a rock from another planet fascinating, even if it were utterly useless—what would matter to me most is where the rock has been...
...view? It looked to me like the clouds were thousands of feet below. The moon was shining directly on the fluffy clouds. It was like the most clichéd fairyland you've ever seen. The place was full of stars, four times the number you'd see in the Mojave Desert. And some very big mountains looked like little pimples coming through the clouds...