Word: space
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Unlike the car, truck and bus, the bike does not spew stinky fumes and carcinogens. A bike is easy to park in a sliver of space, and of precious oil it needs only a smidgen to keep the wheels squeakless. Riders may turn rowdy, but the vehicle itself is quiet -- a blessed virtue amid the squawk-bleat- scream-grind-growl-honk-toot-wail-shr iek that is the voice of the big city...
When TIME Correspondent Dick Thompson arrived in Moscow to report this week's cover story, he told Soviet space officials that he was looking for "something special." How about an interview with the cosmonauts on board the Mir space station? he inquired. The request took the Soviets by surprise, and the immediate answer was nyet: interviews with cosmonauts must be arranged well in advance and not on an exclusive basis. Besides, Thompson was told, the cosmonauts hate shaving and making all the other preparations required before meeting the press. "My pen doesn't take pictures," Thompson replied; all he wanted...
...steps further brought us to the edge of the thinning crowd, and at last we could see the fighting. The troops battled in a space of about two blocks, and on the other side another large crowd of people looked on. There were two government tanks moving slowly down the road between the two camps and through the crossfire of automatic weapons...
...long period in American history, public celebrations were rowdy and raucus. One means of citizens claiming public space was for them to have fun in it in a less than orderly way. Drink was an integral part of daily life, but even more importantly, those public occasions were by no means tame. Their purpose was to provide a chance for the public to come together as people having fun, rather than as citizens playing the part of observers in a well-planned event...
...related systems will be evaluated: three are intended to track and monitor Soviet ICBM launches, two would fire interceptors to destroy the attacking missiles, and one is a "battle-management" computer for coordinating the entire space- and ground-based program. Using computer simulation, test models and flight testing, the Pentagon will try to determine how well the elements of these systems will work...