Word: properous
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...skimming the thin top of the atmosphere instead of plunging into it at a steep angle. Theoretically, it can be made to approach the atmosphere gradually in a gentle spiral. The skin will get hot, but if it is made of heat-resistant metal, it may not soften, and proper insulation may keep the interior cool enough for the animal to survive. The re-entry body of an ICBM can be made solider and stronger than an inhabited satellite, but it must hit the atmosphere suddenly, and even if it does not melt, the enormous forces of deceleration will...
...Miincheners happily hurdle the language barrier to see themselves through Feehan's sharp eyes, pick up tips on fashionable fads, and be lectured on the proper way to broil a steak (rare-to-blue) or mix a martini (8-to-1). Feared or respected by every headwaiter in town, and greeted by readers on the street, Feehan long ago reached the goal of every U.S. columnist of his stripe: he is as famous in his city as any celebrity he writes about...
...horror of heresy he repeatedly affirms his allegiance to the teachings and observances of the Roman Catholic Church. Yet his discipline is a highly unorthodox struggle to pierce beyond teaching and observance to the incandescent reality of God himself. "Indeed," he writes, "if it will be considered courteous and proper to say so, it is of very little value or of no value at all in this work to think about the kindness or the great worth of God, nor of our Lady, nor of the saints or angels in heaven, nor even of the joys in heaven." Instead...
...Many Majorettes. In New York City, the High School Teachers Association declared that only 25% of the city's high school science teachers and 40% of the mathematics teachers have the proper licenses to teach in their fields. In a refreshing stand for a teachers' organization, it also denounced the single-salary schedule, which, in giving equal pay to teachers, no matter where or what they teach, has removed "the incentive to qualify for the high school teaching license...
...right place for a laugh, as Author Kerr sees it, is anywhere, even the index. She has concocted a mock-erudite one with such items as: "Fifth, Beethoven's" and "Idiot, tale told by a." The proper cross references for Please Don't Eat the Daisies might be "Rye Krisp, thinner than," but, at the same time, "Monkeys, more fun than a barrel...