Word: seale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...right. Although the U.S. Apollo spacecraft has more than demonstrated its incredible capabilities on eight missions to the moon, the Soviets are still ironing the kinks out of Soyuz. The workhorse of the Russian manned space program underwent a radical overhaul after three cosmonauts were killed when a hatch seal failed in a 1971 flight. Even that redesign did not eliminate all the bugs. At the time of its previous test in August, Soyuz 15's thrusters failed during an attempted linkup with an unmanned Salyut space station...
...trouble with plots of this sort is that plotters like Sir John lose all touch with reality. They are so busy hatching refinements of their villainy that they seal themselves off from the daily verities that nourish and sustain the rest of mankind...
...Augustine, they've begun to prepare for its arrival. Beer bottles crack and shatter on the rocks by the landing. Water-proofed families of 14 pile into the small dory-like boats that, in the fierce sub-Arctic winter, carry fishermen far out into the Gulf in search of seal...
...students in the seminar prepared the 32 oz. ginger ale bottles by enclosing a card and putting on a water tight seal. The card, written in French and English, asked for the name and adress of the finder and the location and time the bottle was found. The card also offered to send the finder more information about the experiment...
...second half was all North-eastern's--the Huskies tallied three additional goals and shut out the hosts to seal the 6-1 decision...