Word: moons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paced by outlays for labor and expensive equipment (see color), have in many cases doubled, or even tripled, in the past two years. Through 1980, costs could reach $35 billion for Britain and Norway alone, or $11 billion more than the U.S. spent to land a man on the moon. Major U.S. oil companies, including Chevron, Amoco, Exxon, Texaco and others are drilling in the North Sea. But rigs are now in surplus, and the pace of exploration is expected to slow. One Norwegian oilman says flatly that "the North Sea is not a bonanza...
...after Hirt's previous marriage of 33 years ended in divorce. Hirt is almost as famous for his heft (over 250 lbs. at the last weigh-in) as for his high-volume horn. His hits include such brassy tunes as Java, Cotton Candy and Fly Me to the Moon, which was piped into outer space in 1965 to help the Gemini 7 astronauts relax...
...Locust, 2:30, 7:15 and Brother Sun, Sister Moon...
...personal collection. For the master bedroom they have donated the famous $35,000 "cage" bed designed by Surrealist Max Ernst, which will remain after the family leaves. It has a seven-foot mink coverlet, trap doors for lamps, telephones and stereo controls, as well as accompanying sun and moon medallions at the head and foot, and a lithograph of Ernst's painting The Great Ignoramus. The Rockefellers have also contributed a dozen pieces of furniture, including Korean and Japanese chests, which will remain after the family vacates the house...
Last week, open war continued between Israeli forces and Palestinian fedayeen, with P.L.O. raids and rocket attacks against Israel and retaliatory raids on Palestinian camps in Lebanon by Israeli commandos. But on the Sinai front, as the new moon of Ramadan appeared last week for Moslems, and Jews once more observed the start of the High Holy Days, all was peaceful. Two years ago when those religious events coincided, Israel was suddenly embroiled in the most costly war in its short history...