Word: space
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Games. Brzezinski bases his carefully qualified optimism on agreements for technical and scientific cooperation in space projects, environmental problems and other areas. It is, in fact, precisely because there are so many Government agencies involved in Soviet-American relations that a special interagency committee was formed last week in order to coordinate their diverse activities. The committee will have no policymaking power but will pull together material on the Soviet Union gathered by all Government offices in order to help the White House and State Department develop a coherent policy...
...pushing nearly every name plate they have into the field. Some, like the Oldsmobile Cutlass-the nation's most popular model this year-are not only being reduced in size and weight but also redesigned with boxy, hatchback-like profiles in order to retain interior passenger and cargo space. Oldsmobile will market the first mass-produced diesel models in U.S. auto history. Some lines will be scrapped altogether; Ford will drop its dated, slow-selling Comets and Mavericks and replace them with new compacts, the Fairmont and Zephyr, that will sport a lean European profile and rectangular head lamps...
...close to Laker's. But instead of having to purchase their tickets at the flight gate, Skytrain-style, bargain travelers on TWA would be able to buy them in advance, either from the airline or a travel agent. The ticket would be good for any flight, on a space-available basis; if no seats are available when the passenger wants to leave, he can try another flight or return his ticket for the full purchase price...
...Francisco attracts children to a place aptly named the Exploratorium. In Seattle kids can ride on a giant gyroscope to experience the principles of mechanical equilibrium, which kept the Gemini space capsule, conveniently on exhibit near by in a mockup, on target. In Jacksonville, a children's museum features a model of the ear, nose and throat canals large enough to crawl through. The Boston Children's Muse um has an area called Grandmother's Attic, where gold lame dresses and high-button shoes can be tried on. In Indianapolis, which last year became the site...
After 40 years of pollution, Spain is enjoying a revitalizing political air. As a Catalan and Spaniard I proud of the democratic goals reached by my own country in such a short space of tune...