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Word: outer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like invisible thread through a needle. The general effect is that of a series of soft-cornered 3-D mazes that you could explore infinitely. Full Orchestration is still another example of Thompson's incredibly intricate composition. It reminds one of a magnified living cell with segments of the outer wall cut away to show the inner workings, in all their complex relationships...

Author: By Diana R. Laing, | Title: Allegro in Spruce | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

Whisky for Pain. If the reader wants to know still more, he turns to the phlebitis entry in the diseases section of the book. There he learns that the disorder may be due to a clot in the outer veins of the thigh or leg; that his feet should be raised in bed; that whisky may ease the pain; and that doctors -whom he should consult posthaste-usually advise anticoagulants or surgery. In all, the book lists more than 650 symptoms and discusses nearly 500 diseases-from acne and cold sores to Zenker's diverticulum, an unnatural pouch that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Diagnosis by the Book | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

However, Fell is no von Daniken, sensationalizing about beings from outer space. Fell says those South American inscriptions and artifacts, which von Daniken attributes to spacemen, are really the work of ancient voyagers from Libya...

Author: By Peter Frawley, | Title: Barry Fell and His Big Idea: Wherein a Harvard Zoology Professor Tells the Tale Of All the Folks Who Got Here Before Columbus | 2/15/1977 | See Source »

...highs are scintillating. Sound loses itself in the infinity of space. A leap of imagination and one could be transported past the Pleiades, meditating on some barren asteroid and watching the comets streak by. The synthetic mode lends itself, as Bowie has proven in the past, to evoking the outer space reality in which much of his music dwells. Low is an unexpected break toward an entirely new form of rock...

Author: By J.t. Defenderfer, | Title: Is Aladdin Sane? | 2/2/1977 | See Source »

...build factories in outer space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pancakes and Plumbing | 1/24/1977 | See Source »

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