Word: soar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Santa Monica Freeway in Los Angeles there is an interchange where two ramps take off from opposite sides of the road and soar two hundred feet in the air, curving so close together at their peak that a man could jump from one ramp to the other. I think that it's the most beautiful place in the world...
Strange Wave. After it is captured, Mariner will be sent into a huge lopsided orbit tilted at an angle of about 65° to the Martian equator. Making a full circuit every twelve hours, the spacecraft will come as close as 750 miles to the Martian surface, then soar out to a distance of some 10,500 miles. During its expected three-month working life -longer if the power supply holds out-Mariner will radio back more than 5,000 television pictures, mapping at least 70% of the planetary surface. In addition, its two cameras will take the first relatively...
...business. Many businessmen worry that the controls will hold prices down more than wages, and that profits will suffer as a result. That is the exact reverse of the anxiety expressed by labor leaders, who fear that the controls will restrict wages more than prices, and that profits will soar while workers are hurt...
Baha'i teachings rest on a foundation of unity: the oneness of God, though He is called by many names, and the essential unity of all religions. Baha'u'llah wrote: "All the Prophets of God abide in the same tabernacle, soar in the same heaven, are seated upon the same throne, utter the same speech, and proclaim the same Faith." The animating purpose of all the original teachings as they were lived and ennunciated by the Prophets was to promote the unity, harmony, and understanding oF mankind. To this end, all the Messages contain both spiritual and social parts...
...design (assisted here enormously by Carmen Dillon's art direction). Leo's venture with Marion into the city of Norfolk is splendidly observed: the pair enters narrow streets which criss-cross and flow with a sedate citizenry; Leo entertains himself in a spired cathedral whose height lets his feelings soar, unlike the staircase-bounded hall of Maudsley...