Word: planetsized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The attitudes expressed by respondents to the TIME/CNN poll are all the more remarkable given that outside of school, black teens and white teens most often live in separate neighborhoods and sometimes, it seems, on separate planets. Danny, 17, a white Chicago youngster interviewed by TIME, professed to having "more...
The first two movements are dark and nightmarish. Moments of lightness only parody true happiness, and do little to dispel the deep anxiety that pervades this entire section. Strong rhythmic chords in the second movement must almost certainly have influenced Gustav Holst's "Mars" in the Planets suite.
One thing is clear. Mars is a dead planet. The most important thing we learn from the Mars exploration is that good planets are hard to find. We must take care of the one we have. SEIFU HAILU Boston
Roger Rosenblatt's conclusion on the basis of the Pathfinder mission to Mars [VIEWPOINT, July 14] is: "We are alone in the universe." That makes about as much sense as saying, "There are no elephants in my backyard; therefore there are no elephants elsewhere." Based on the two planets we...
"Contact" has its moments, but they are few and far between, separated by long stretches of a painfully slow-moving plot. The opening sequence--a zoom-out from Earth, past planets, stars, galaxies, accompanied by radio sounds transmitted by Earthlings (including bits of human history), and reaching a surprising final...