Word: shellings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heat and water may select larger sizes." The two scientists speculate that among the large life forms that could have evolved on Mars are ";petrophages" (rock eaters), which get their water and minerals from rocks; "crystophages" (ice eaters), which tap the permafrost beneath the surface; and creatures with shell-like shields for protection against the strong ultraviolet solar radiation that reaches the Martian surface...
...Exxon, Texaco. Mobil Oil, Standard Oil of California, Gulf Oil. Standard Oil (Ind.). Shell Oil, Atlantic Richfield, Continental Oil. Phillips Petroleum, Union Oil of California, Sun Oil, Ashland Oil, Cities Service, Amerada Hess, Getty Oil, Marathon Oil. Standard Oil (Ohio...
...want to really put on the dog, though, you could shell out six bucks a ticket for the rooftop boxes at Fenway and watch the ballgame in isolated splendor. But you probably don't have any out of town clients to impress and our informal survey shows that none of you hold high positions in the Lincoln, Mass. chapter of the National Association of Manufacturers. In that case, the bleachers are your best bet. A slightly alcoholic, bedraggled-looking college kid from some hometown out of the area who knows very little about major league baseball fits in perfectly here...
...Crescent ambulances raced by with wounded in the back. Scores of Russian T-62 tanks and artillery were dug in on ridges. Every so often the troops would turn up their transistor radios, and the sounds of popular Arabic songs brought smiles to tough expressions. The litter of empty shell casings stacked neatly by buildings showed that, when there had been fighting, it had been fierce, quick, terrible...
Each of the playlets is a slightly shell-shocked encounter between visitors from outside city-states (New York, Philadelphia, London, Chicago) and Los Angeles, capital of the palm fringe of Western civilization. In playlet No. 1, two divorced ex-writers get together to discuss dividing the spoils: their 17-year-old daughter. Hannah (Tammy Grimes) has the true verbal grit of New York City and is a senior editor at Newsweek. William (George Grizzard) basks in Cal ifornia as a contented Polo Lounge liz ard. They both shoot from the quip. Al though William is defensive, he has the punchiest...