Word: sparely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...part let most of the power leak out of its storage battery. But Relay still obeyed commands. It was told to throw switches to isolate the faulty transponder (transmitter-receiver). Solar cells were able to recharge the satellite's battery. Last week Relay was in operation, using its spare transponder...
Diagnosis. Telstar, which had no spare transponder, was in much more serious trouble. But its case was not hopeless. Its radio beacon was transmitting normally; so were the host of instruments that report by telemetry on its internal condition. They showed that Telstar's solar cells were generating plenty of electricity. Its temperature was normal, and no intruder, such as a meteorite, had damaged its delicate nervous system. Apparently the only trouble was in the command decoders. Telstar was ablebodied, but without working decoders it could not hear and obey commands...
...that he had time to write at all. Small (4 ft. 6 in.), sickly, and morbidly sensitive, he despised the world with fine impartiality, managing to skewer 63 "major" enemies in his verses and more minor ones than anybody cared to count. But he always had venom to spare for Colley Gibber, the actor-turned-playwright who improbably became the poet laureate of England. Of Gibber's appointment, Pope wrote...
...every acclimated John Huston, there are at least a hundred Homesick Harrys. Some of them may soon be following French Director Roger Vadim, once the husband of Brigitte Bardot but now somewhat bored with his native playgrounds. Vadim has discovered the way to find action and excitement on his spare weekends. He goes to Los Angeles...
Seedy family house, two rooms in basement. Decor peeling, faded, floral and flyblown. If you are too late to secure this gem, we have a spare along the road, rather more derelict. A lightly built member of our staff negotiated the basement stair but our Mr. Halstead went crashing through...