Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...basis of preliminary data reflecting eccentricities in the spacecraft's orbit, scientists came to an unexpected conclusion: the moon, like the earth, may be slightly pear-shaped. Instead of being a perfect sphere, the moon seems to be depressed about a quarter of a mile out of shape at its south pole and bulges out about the same distance at its north pole. Because the moon has a diameter of about 2,200 miles, the distortion would hardly be noticeable when viewed from the earth. Said a NASA official: "Let's not expect to go out and look...
...ENDLESS SUMMER. A dazzling ode to sun, sand and surf, starring two young Californians as they travel the globe in search of paradise: the perfect beach with the perfect wave...
...Asian lightning bugs maintain their coordinated flashing is "one of the great mysteries of physiology," says Dr. Buck. Once this is fathomed, however, it may lead researchers toward a better understanding of nervous-system mechanisms that allow humans to act in perfect unison...
Actuality is insinuated by the texture of the film, overexposed and grainy as a newsreel, and by a cast of amateurs whose faces wear the perfect unpreventable authenticity of faces in a crowd. Pauline Murray, who plays the nurse, is a professional, but she skillfully conceals her training behind features as natural and untidy as an untied shoe. At every point in this picture, art conceals art so responsibly that fantasy , takes on the force of history...
...Perfect Buggers. For all his flair and dare, Page has developed into a sensitive photographer who has the respect as well as friendship of almost the entire Saigon press corps. Many of them gathered last May to celebrate his 22nd birthday. He had just been wounded in Danang, but suddenly showed up in Saigon announcing: "All you can do up there is drink vodka Collins. Besides, they're perfect buggers, those Buddhist rebels. It's my birthday, mate; let's order some champagne. I never thought I'd live to see it." Hardly anyone else...