Word: soft
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...necessary repairs. The interior of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, co-owned by Orthodox, Catholics and Armenians, is a tasteless clutter of rival altars, lamps, candelabra, icons and statues. In addition, many of the shrines are ringed by bazaars and barkers, hawking everything from plastic crosses to soft drinks...
...mode of travel for tourists, who complain that many of them seem to be converted bombers, with inadequate air conditioning and pressurizing-and that the pilots bank too sharply. Where the cities are close together, a train ride is worth it for the experience of traveling in a deluxe "soft seat" car, at the end of which there is always a samovar of hot tea warmed by live coals...
...Surveyor 4 sped toward the moon's Central Bay at 5,938 m.p.h. last week, ground controllers at Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory had high hopes that the unmanned spacecraft would do everything it was told. Two earlier Surveyors had soft-landed on the moon with astonishing ease, sent back 17,465 detailed pictures showing even lunar pebbles. With a hinged aluminum arm, Surveyor 3 had also scooped up lunar soil, helped determine that the moon's surface is strong enough to bear a weight of 6 lbs. per sq. in., more than enough to support...
...safety consciousness that has swept the nation is partly the cause; with or without seat belts, no one likes the thought of turning over in a soft-top car. Another complaint comes from the girls-and some of the boys as well-who cannot stand having their hair mussed by a buffeting wind...
...soft participles coming down the steps...