Word: prospect
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CARL SAGAN'S MISSION--to popularize contemporary science--is beyond reproach. Yet, like a hard-sell broker, his execution is chronically faulty. In this collection of 25 essays he spreads before the reader a whole gamut of the most tasty scientific ideas, concepts, and predictions, ranging from the prospect of extraterrestial life to the role of gestation in shaping world religion. But he skips frenetically from one to the next, milking only the most sensational aspects and indulging freely in irresponsible speculation. Our aggravation is heightened by his persistent editorial voice in the background, applauding the genius of this...
...senior at Milton Academy, Dick Jr. was a multiple-letter winner, varsity football captain, and strong college prospect. He considered Harvard, Boston University, Holy Cross and Cornell. But he says, "I pretty much made the decision right after I visited Cornell...
Travelling 400 miles to kiss your sister was a bad enough prospect, but for Harvard there wasn't even a hug. It was the all-too-familiar story of the Crimson outplaying its opponent but still getting beaten. As wing Mauro Keller-Sarmiento said after the game, "This can't keep happening...
...wait, not minding the cold, apprehensively euphoric at the prospect of impending, but undefined confrontation. The forest has a silver lining: a brilliant full moon illuminates the treetops and jagged piles of gravel from the construction site...
...three weeks into the season, and a Crimson team that could have been waist-deep in quarterbacks now is looking at its fifth prospect for the year...