Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From a nation of 175 million, they stepped forward last week: seven men cut of the same stone as Columbus, Magellan, Daniel Boone, Orville and Wilbur Wright. But there was a difference. Rarely were history's explorers and discoverers so clearly marked in advance as men of destiny. Within approximately two years, one of the seven would be chosen -perhaps by lot-to test for the first time whether a human can be shot beyond the atmosphere to orbit the earth from 125 miles up at 18,000 m.p.h. and return to tell about...
...Astronaut can take the deceleration of re-entry with his back to the force. Following that, another signal from the ground will cause his small retrorockets to fire, thereby reducing the speed and causing the vehicle to plunge. It will crash into the earth's atmosphere like a stone into water, creating a sudden shock to both vehicle and man. The forward parts of the vehicle will be heated to an extremely high level. The heat will not reach the man, protected by a heat shield...
...dangling turquoise earrings of their rank, sat tiredly in the saddle; rangy muleteers in peaked caps with big earlaps goaded the baggage train up the steep path. As they passed a cairn of rocks topped by brightly colored flags printed with Buddhist prayers, each pious Tibetan added a stone to the mound, murmured the traditional litany...
...first baths of the year. Nearly every visitor to penetrate the forbidden land has been enchanted by its people. They do few things terribly well, but everything with zest. Explorer Fosco Maraini believes they have found the secret of liberty, which is "to live like a flower or a stone; sheltering from the rain in bad weather, enjoying the sun if it is fine, breathing in the fullness of the afternoon, the sweetness of evening, the mysteriousness of night, with equal joy and wisdom. Perhaps that is why you hear singing everywhere, fine music that fades away into space...
Charlie Devens, Dick Parks, and Tim Morgan will probably start at midfield, while Lanny Keyes, Ed Tarlov, and Bronnie Thayer will open the game at defense. Guarding the nets will be Chris Stone...