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...minutes to drive the two miles from the airport's entrance to the Eastern Air Lines terminal. Another left Greenwich, Conn., early enough to reach Kennedy a full hour before his scheduled 8:30 p.m. Swissair departure, only to find himself at the end of an endless, motionless line of autos when he got to the field. Both missed their flights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Breaking the Ground Barrier | 9/8/1967 | See Source »

...first three U.S. astronauts to die on duty were motionless and earth-bound when they were killed last week. With helmet faceplates closed and suits pressurized, they reclined in a row on padded couches in their cylindrical Apollo capsule, running through the countdown of a simulated launch, a routine but rigorous rehearsal for the real thing. They had been there 5 hrs. 31 min. when fire exploded in the cabin. Within seconds, Lieut. Colonel Virgil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: To Strive, To Seek, To Find, And Not To Yield . . . | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

Coach Floyd Wilson, who sat almost motionless throughout the massacre, began to substitute freely. Bench strength could be the key to the big season optimists talk about, and the second line continued to widen the lead...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Basketball Team Massacres Tufts But Can't Quite a Hundred | 12/8/1966 | See Source »

...Brown fans had barely settled into their seats when the defending Ivy champs scored their first goal two minutes after the opening face-off. Defense-men Ben Smith and Gordie Price seemed as unprepared as the crowd. They stood motionless and watched Brown's Bob Bruce take a pass from his wing and flip in a 15-footer from straight...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall, | Title: Bruin Six Defeats Crimson Squad; Darling Scores In Final Seconds | 12/16/1965 | See Source »

...what an astonishing sight that was! Our little courtyard seemed without limits. There was buzzing from the sands of invisible bees, an intoxicating aroma, a warm sun as thick as honey. The air flashed as though armed with swords, and, between the swords, erect, angle-like incidents with colorful motionless wings advanced straight...

Author: By Heather J. Dubrow, | Title: The Classic Proportions of Kazantzakis | 11/10/1965 | See Source »

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