Word: offing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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> Mariner transmits close-up photographs of Mars, 1965.
> Discovery of cosmic background radiation believed to be remnants of "Big Bang" that created the universe, 1965.
> First scientific proof of continental drift by sea-floor spreading, 1966.
> Discovery of pulsars, 1967.
As the 207,000-ton supertanker Marpessa sailed serenely past West Africa on the second leg of her maiden voyage, an explosion suddenly ripped her hull. Last week the shattered hulk slipped to the bottom about 50 miles off Dakar. Marpessa was the biggest oil tanker to sink to date...