Word: pompeiis
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...fact the contraption was never meant to be a child's device. Pace Leonardo, some researchers have perceived the outlines of bicycles in the frescoes of Pompeii and the tombs of Egypt. In any case, it was not until 1816 that the German baron, Karl von Drais, devised a recognizable model of the contemporary machine. That bike had everything a rider would want-except pedals. The cyclist walked perched on a saddle and propelled himself by running and gliding. In the mid-19th century rubber tires replaced the old boneshaking metal rims and high-wheelers elevated the rider...
...woman holding each other, sort of frozen from the ashes that came down when the volcano erupted and buried them. They wanted to die together. That's what life is all about-being able to hold on." Thus a bathetic Elizabeth Taylor described her favorite Pompeii fossil in the January issue of McCall's. Erstwhile Separated Husband No. 5 Richard Burton showed his own dedication to holding on by jetting into Los Angeles, draping a new $20,000 diamond necklace around Liz, and sweeping her off for a not altogether unexpected reconciliation in southern Italy...
...shown on the following color pages. Beyond any doubt, they surpass all others found so far in the Mediterranean region. The frescoes of Knossos, for example, are less delicate and free, less motionful and rhythmical than these. As for the celebrated splendors of a later age found at Pompeii, they would seem dry and artificial if set side by side with the Santorini frescoes. These new discoveries show Bronze Age civilization at its peak. The doomed people of Santorini were obviously capable of creating heavenly images upon the earth. They appear to have been as thoroughly attuned...
...Like Pompeii. Companies are also departing a few other big cities. Last year 43 firms moved from St. Louis to its suburbs in spite of the city's effort to retain them by making tax concessions. In Detroit, the migration has turned into such a stampede that former Mayor Jerome Cavanagh cracks that he plans trips to "Detroit's sister cities-Nagasaki and Pompeii." Pan American and Delta airlines recently shifted their downtown sales and reservations offices to suburban Southfield, which has also attracted the headquarters of Advance Mortgage Corp. The publishing firm of R. I. Polk...
...however, alarming reports began to arrive from the northern departments. The seaport of Chimbote lay in ruins. The departmental capital of Huarás was practically destroyed. The beautiful resort city of Yungay, at the foot of towering Mount Huascarán, all but disappeared, like a modern Pompeii, beneath a layer of mud. When the government distributed an aerial photograph of the morass, the picture had to be labeled "Aqui estuvo Yungay" -Yungay was here. From the air, nothing was visible but the tops of four palm trees that had stood in the main square, the Plaza de Armas...