Word: skies
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Missing Pots. More sober comment came from such thoughtful Europeans as Thierry Maulnier. who wrote in Le Figaro: "The Russian people can ... see in the sky a brilliant star which carries above the world the light of Soviet power, thanks to millions of pots and shoes lacking." And France's Combat pointedly declared: "We ourselves would like it if the Russians would put some of their pride into the evolution of a better world -an end to the world of concentration camps...
...alter the overriding fact that among the world's uncommitted nations, the Russians had scored heavily. How long that advantage lasted depended on how quickly the West could rally its wits, energy and resourcefulness to produce an effective counter to that whizzing thing up in the sky...
...There it is!" someone shouted as a flash appeared in the sky...
Finally, the eventual winner gesticulates wildly. Everyone else imitates the gesture, pointing at the sky. It must be emphasized that excitement is enormously increased for near-sighted reporters, who see nothing except stars and trolley flashes...
...daytime the 23-in. sphere, more than 500 miles away, is invisible against the glare of the sun. At night it is invisible because it is in the shadow of the earth. Only at dawn or dusk, when the satellite is in sunlight against a background of fairly dark sky, can it be seen...