Word: mottoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from man's first expedition to the lunar highlands, Apollo 13 may bring back rocks nearly 5 billion years old, going back to the very beginnings of the solar system. Such trophies would more than convince scientists that the astronauts did not lightly pick the Apollo 13 mission motto: Ex Luna, Scientia -From the Moon, Knowledge...
...Storms landing site, the target area is covered with jagged hills and ridges, some of them hundreds of feet high. There are relatively few level sites in the vicinity, and the landing will require all of Command Pilot Lovell's skill. But the Apollo 13 astronauts-whose motto is Ex Luna, Scientia (From the Moon, Knowledge)-are taking the risk because of the area's immense geological importance. Unlike the flatter, smoother lunar maria, the highlands have apparently been little changed since the moon was formed some 4.5 billion years ago; thus their structure and composition will give...
...order to pay their legal fees, which could amount to $100,000, the family has started a fund-raising drive called 'A Freedom Fund for Timothy Leary and Family.' They will use as their motto, 'Timothy Leary Kidnapped by United States Government Officials; $100,000 Ransom Needed; Family Forced...
...aren't going to like this, but your favorite whipping boys, the Chicago police, now refer to each other as PIG. The term is not used, however, in a derogatory sense since the three letters point up the motto awarded them by a grateful public: Pride, Integrity and Guts...
...length of its articles. "We're committed to a good deal of short pieces." Tarter said, reflecting dispatched with tear gas and billy clubs." The article later noted the significance of the month of November for another group of demonstrators. "The Industrial Workers of the World had a motto. 'In November We Remember,' because it was in November that their best organizers always seemed to get lynched or shot or maimed...