Word: perils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strike the retina. At times, they may even hit the brain's optic nerve. Such bombardment causes no serious damage during a short lunar mission. But since the effect of cosmic rays on the body is cumulative-like that of X rays-they could present a greater peril on prolonged space voyages...
Armed with Houston's voluminous files, Golden wrote and Sydnor Vanderschmidt researched the main narrative story, "Four Days of Peril Between Earth and Moon," while Peter Stoler and Mary Kelley were responsible for the box on "The Brave Men of Apollo." Those stories were edited by Senior Editor Leon Jaroff. Laurence Barrett, with Ann Constable as researcher, wrote the introduction, "Apollo's Return: Triumph Over Failure." Says Golden: "People forget that earlier shots had their problems too. But they were short-lived, and the happy ending quickly obscured the drama." No one is likely to forget Apollo...
Covered Wagons. People already disenchanted with the space program grumbled that no one was paying comparable attention to the many men who were in equal or greater peril of their lives in Viet Nam. Yet no amount of skepticism could dilute the week's emotional response. For many, prayer was the natural recourse. Houses of worship all over the world conducted special services. "We share the universal trepidation," said Pope Paul, "for the fate of these heroes." In Jerusalem, Orthodox Jews at the Wailing Wall made special devotions that included a passage from Psalm 19: "Their line is gone...
...Having watched myself respond to my children's flirtation with peril in sheer panic," Author-Critic Leslie Fiedler wrote in his book Being Busted, "as if I had never run risks myself, I grew ashamed." The "peril" was drugs. A Buffalo judge admitted portions of Fiedler's book into evidence at a trial in which the critic and his wife were convicted of allowing their sons and friends to smoke marijuana in their home. The jury chose to ignore Busted's preface, which warns the reader that "the following account is more parable than history...
England might have been less shocked to find Buckingham Palace transformed into the Royal Arms Motel. A great British institution-and perhaps the Empire's most far-flung export since the Thin Red Line-seemed in peril. From Liverpool to Piccadilly, the cries of anguish rent the air: "The Beatles are dead...