Word: slung
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There can be no higher calling even for an aerialist. To celebrate the resumption (after 41 years) of construction on the world's largest Gothic cathedral, St. John the Divine, that soaring seraph of acrobats Philippe Petit, 33, tiptoed to the church across a 250-ft. wire slung 15 stories above Manhattan. The inspiration, notes Dean James Parks Morton, came from an 18th century painting by Guardi depicting circus performers outside San Marco in Venice. Having an aerialist perform, says Morton, "is proof of faith, like nothing else." And he has that on the loftiest authority...
...slopes at treetop level. When we are almost on a ridge line, an entire column of army troops appears, dark figures moving like bearers through the high, waving grass. They fan out around the ship and fire continuously back at the tree line. More men come running with bodies slung over their shoulders, dropping them hurriedly at the chopper door and darting away. There is something imploring in all the eyes that I can see. Nobody wants to touch the bodies. The dead men's shirts are off and at first I think they are guerrillas until...
...heaters are a far cry from the smelly potburners of old. Low-slung and liftable, they burn kerosene with near perfect efficiency, meaning that nearly all their fuel is converted to heat. An average-size heater putting out enough heat for a medium-size room on a moderately cold day will run for 19 hrs. on about $2 worth of kerosene...
...experts agree that there are often painful pitfalls on the rigorous road to glowing health. Pick up a racket, and you run the risk of a sprained ankle, twisted knee or tennis elbow. Condition your heart by pumping over hill and dale on a racing bike with low-slung handle bars, and you can come up with chronic low back pain. Play softball and be prepared for torn knee ligaments and broken fingers...
Among the olive-drab trains herded in the gloom of Paris' Gare de Lyon, the newcomer stands out like a peacock in a barnyard. Low-slung, sleek and chic, a space-age apparition in orange, gray and white, this peacock can fly. It is the fastest train on earth, capable of 236 m.p.h...