Word: smoothness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...onto the east slope of Mount Steele in Canada's Yukon Territory. Perhaps 20,000 years old, it looked much the same as any other glacier-until six weeks ago, when Upton gazed down and did a double take. To his astonishment, Steele Glacier's normally mirror-smooth surface now was churned into cathedral-like spires 250 ft. tall. The huge chunk of ice was on the move...
...pick up strike-caused traffic, they are embarrassed by the fact that many potential passengers call their ticket offices, get busy signals, and assuming that the situation is hopeless, give up. American, which has had some flights depart with unfilled seats, ran ads last week trying to smooth over the situation. "Come out to the American terminal at the airport," the ads urged. "If the flight you want is all booked up, there's a pretty good chance we'll get you on a later flight. We'll help you in every way we can." Assured...
...know," said one of the boys with calm and deliberate hostility, "that you are a roaring, screaming, flying asshole." He repeated the declaration several times, but got no response. The marcher sat quietly, slowly running his hand over the smooth grass...
...summary, it should be admitted that this is a pretty smooth album, low on outright cacaphony of the sort you get in "Tombaton" (Opus 6), or in "It's Allright, Ma" (Opus 5). To some extent this is just the problem of Blonde on Blonde is easy not to listen to, even played loud. Few lyrics are as said imposing as these reckless un-set texts...
...Harvard scientists have found that the dark areas of Mars rise six to nine miles above the brighter deserts, contradicting the standard theory that Mars is an almost smooth planet...