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...20th century, and the claws of myth have never got a hold on the cool, highly wrought, intellectually guarded surface of his art. Nor, until now, has his adopted country honored his mem ory with an official show. The gap has at last been filled by a compendious Gris retro spective at the Orangerie in Paris (through July 1), organized by France's Chief Curator of Museums Jean Leymarie...
Will the "retro fashions" of the salons-most of which cost $2,000 and up -mean anything to ordinary clothes buyers? Certainly not to the faded-denim and corduroy set; and very little to devotees of sportswear, still the most popular look by far among U.S. women. The couturiers almost self-consciously shied away from anything resembling sportif, the lines that in the past have been most successfully "knocked off' by ready-to-wear imitators...
...Control is known as "the trench," because it serves as the front line for the whole operation. Its four blinking consoles are managed by specialists in space dynamics; they report on booster systems, retrofire, flight dynamics and guidance-respectively known in the control room's jargon as "Booster," "Retro," "Fido" and "Guide." Working in concert, they are responsible for propellant tanks, for calculating the exact moment of retrorocket firings, computing maneuver times and keeping track of spacecraft computers and guidance systems...
Desmond lost the argument because the New York majority feared retro-activity's potential result. Said concurring Judge Kenneth A. Keating: "Defendants convicted of heinous crimes would be set free to walk the streets...
They also suggest that atmospheric pressure in the dusty lowlands is higher than previously believed -- high enough for a spacecraft to make a soft landing with a parachute instead of the more complex retro-rockets...