Word: ocean
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Miss Rutherford observing is a sight to behold: armed with a No. 4 iron, she prowls the grounds by night; or, tea service in hand, crouches in front of keyholes to listen to suspicious chatter--and all this with the majesty of an ocean-going ship. Eventually, of course she gets her man (for absolutely no one in the movie seems able ever to say no to Miss Rutherford), and the police apologize quite handsomely...
...This is a new ocean," said President Kennedy, ''and I believe that the U.S. must sail on it." The President, still tingling from a day of thrill and suspense shared by the nation and the world, was paying tribute to Lieut. Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr., 40, the freshly commissioned admiral of that new ocean. As the focus of a mighty team effort involving a host of fiercely dedicated men, vast technological skills and millions of dollars of the national wealth. John Glenn accomplished on his flight through the heavens?which he laconically called a "successful outing"?far more...
Soaring over the Indian Ocean, Glenn experienced his first nightfall in space. It was spectacular. "As the sun goes down, it's very white, brilliant light, and as it goes below the horizon you get a very bright orange color. Down close to the surface it pales out into sort of a blue, a darker blue, and then off into black." The stars were bright diamonds on black velvet. "If you've been out in the desert on a very clear, brilliant night when there's no moon and the stars just seem to jump out at you, that...
...Friendship 7 splashed into the Atlantic with a sizzle as the red-hot shield turned the sea water to steam. Surging ahead at flank speed, the destroyer Noa* began to race helicopters from the carrier Randolph to the scene. The Noa won, plucked the capsule out of the ocean at 3:01. Across the U.S., the TV audience sagged weakly with relief...
...years, ocean racing's most famous trophy, the America's Cup, has been gathering dust in the New York Yacht Club, waiting for a foreign challenger to win it away from the U.S. The British have tried 15 times, the Canadians twice. Their combined efforts have cost at least $25 million, and all have failed. Last week another nation threw down a challenge. Along the banks of the Parramatta River, outside Sydney, throngs of excited Australians cheered the launching of a sleekly handsome 12-meter yacht that may give U.S. sailors their sternest test...