Word: pioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Born. To Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 49, South African heart surgeon and transplant pioneer; and his second wife Barbara, 21, daughter of a Johannesburg industrialist: their first child, a son; in Cape Town...
...same time, scientists were readying Pioneer F, a spacecraft that will take off in February on a 600-to 700-day journey to Jupiter, which could harbor life?or the precursors of life ?in its atmosphere. In 1973, if all goes well, Pioneer will send back pictures and information while it flies by the largest of the solar system's nine planets. Mars is also in for more scrutiny. The Soviet Union will probably launch Mars probes in both 1973 and 1975, and two U.S. Viking spacecraft are scheduled to land life detectors on the Martian surface...
...called that because a 91-year-old automotive pioneer named Loren Hardeman sees his great-granddaughter Betsy swimming naked one day, and this makes him think about cars, and he decides to come out of retirement, wrench control of his company from his stodgy grandson Loren 111, and build a splendid new automobile to be called the Betsy. Cynics may mutter at this point that Robbins is the only North American still extant who confuses girls with sedans. But no! Hailey's novel also jubilates over the introduction of a new auto. It may explain something to point...
...still is that marriage is a vital step in attaining the fullness of purpose in life. The practice of polygamy was begun as a practical matter. Because of the great number of women and small number of men during the early days of the church's restoration, the pioneer Mormon men took several wives so all women would have a chance to marry. This practice was discontinued before Utah became a state...
What is the basic cause of the environmental crisis? The population explosion? Or modern technology? Most scientists are inclined to attribute ecological problems to a combination of the two. But in his provocative new book, The Closing Circle (Knopf; $6.95), Environmental Pioneer Barry Commoner places the blame squarely on technology...