Word: skies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Middlebury College in Vermont, Painter Alan Gussow answers: "American literature and the Vermont landscape." Now 30, Gussow still majors in landscapes and seascapes, and he achieves a rare blend of strength and delicacy. At times he seems to be rough with his subject. He dissects the land, shreds the sky, churns up the sea; yet instead of seeming shattered, his images take on new life. Gussow's first Manhattan show, at the Peridot Gallery, is one of the freshest of the season...
...warning was wasted. Too dim-witted to be alarmed, the waterborne Belchen paid no attention to the eager marksmen closing in for the kill. At a range of less than 20 yds., the hunters opened fire. The few Belchen that tried to escape were blasted out of the sky or cut down before they could finish their flailing, loonlike takeoff. The rest of the birds were slaughtered where they sat. Boat oars were used to administer the coup de grâce. Explained one hunter: "If we waited for them to get into the air, we could wait...
...brilliant fireball rises in the sky,"--and I pause here to note the exhilarating assonance, the repetition of the long i which so effectively expresses the sensation of rising--as the brilliant fireball rises, "it draws up a vast amount of earth.... A little later this material, condensing in the cold upper air like rain or snow, starts falling back to earth because, like ash from a fire, it is heavier than air." The metaphors lead us, as they should, to relate nuclear fallout to our everyday experience. Incidentally, the pamphlet informs those who didn't know, "it is called...
After two weeks of getting to know the family, it's time to come out again into the brave new world. This is because after two weeks what is called "early fallout" has all fallen out (of the sky). A few radioactive elements such as strontium 90, cesium 137, and carbon 14, however, may remain aloft for months, and are therefore referred to as "delayed fallout." The Defense Department considers delayed fallout "less dangerous," even though "the long-term damaging effects of such exposure (to delayed fallout) are not yet known in great detail." So you needn't worry about...
...modern jets fly (up to 40,000 ft.), heavy clouds are rare, and the brighter celestial bodies generally shine through thin, high cirrus clouds. But at twilight, when the sun drops just under the horizon, there are anxious stretches when a navigator can spot no stars against a bright sky lit from below. If he is heading eastward, he soon flies into darkness, and his guiding stars reappear. But fast jets almost keep pace with the sun, and on westward flights the baffling, starless twilight may last for several hours...