Word: poled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Solar Max had been built with retrieval in mind; it had a grappling pin in the middle of its belly. Palapa-B2 and Westar6 are of the old-fashioned expendable variety, with smooth sides and no handles. The stinger, measuring 64 in. and consisting of a pole mounted on a round base, solved the problem neatly. It would inject an expanding prong into the satellite's rear motor, locking on to it and providing a grip for the wrangler-astronauts. As Allen explained, "It's like opening an umbrella inside a chimney." In practice sessions Allen could...
...Stani's eyes to a set of 20 glass eyeballs thoughtfully provided by the Gestapo. Finally they declare him "in better than good health-You're an Aryan! You can become a German." When Stani declines the honor, they rule he must be hanged by a fellow Pole, who will receive three cigarettes as reward. Through all the meticulous absurdities of the Nazi bureaucracy, these Klutz-en-jammer Kids tiptoe like hippos in a chorus line...
...tragic news might spark street demonstrations and clashes with police, church leaders and Solidarity activists appealed for calm. During his weekly audience at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II urged his countrymen not to disturb "the great moral eloquence of this death." Former Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa asked Poles to observe "the silence of mourning." Said he: "They wanted to kill, and they killed not only a man, not only a Pole, not only a priest. They wanted to kill the hope that it is possible in Poland to avoid violence in political life...
...real happy, it's an honor," says the lad who had to interrupt his Halloween to sign autographs. Success has not spoiled the young artist, but time has inevitably made him a little wiser. Asked about Santa's reaction to seeing his stamp arrive at the North Pole, LaBoccetta replied, "Why, I don't believe in Santa Claus any more...
...Jewish Pole who fled his native country in 1942, Belfer has "acquired a sense of appreciation for what a wonderful and imperfect country this is... always striving to better itself...