Word: sun
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...back in the early 17th century by daring to confirm the Copernican theory of the universe. The Italian astronomer-physicist also formulated certain principles of dynamics and refined a new invention called the telescope-accomplishments that were considered acceptable, even exciting. But insisting that the earth revolved around the sun was pushing things too far, and the church got in a terrible tear. The idea that the earth was not the center of the universe held disturbing theological and philosophical implications, unacceptable to Rome. Galileo was urged, finally forced, to recant. He spent his last years in a villa outside...
...training course, which has been cut to less than seven weeks from the once traditional three months, has been wisely weeded and pruned. I remember spending two weeks alternately sitting around baking in the sun and policing the area at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., while waiting for something to happen, but much of this sort of foolishness has been eliminated. Gone are the endless orientation lectures that used to provide an opportunity for a recruit to catch up on sleep while some clod stood before a map and explained where Scandinavia was as he pointed to the Iberian peninsula...
...readers and viewers become increasingly preoccupied with the economy and other domestic problems, more and more news organizations feel free to skimp on foreign coverage. The Baltimore Sun will eliminate its Rio de Janeiro bureau in June, the Chicago Tribune has closed its Paris bureau, and the Washington Star-News this month is recalling its single foreign correspondent, Hong Kong-based Henry Bradsher. Costly wire and features services are also going. The Sacramento Union has saved as much as $80,000 a year by ordering its Associated Press ticker removed (and taking on the far less expensive Chicago Daily News/Sun-Times...
...ensuing election, Crane's power remained battered from the ambush by his political friends. Crane told The Crimson in 1966, after losing the fiercest political battle in the city's history: "I don't get shook up over these things, the city won't blow up, the sun won't rise in the west.... I've been through these things before. It's all part of the game." But this time it was all over for the Cambridge kingpin. He stayed on to run for re-election as a councilman again in 1967, but failed to finish...
...papers include the original opening chapter of "The Sun Also Rises," several unpublished chapters from "A Moveable Feast," and F. Scott Fitzgerald's comments on "A Farewell to Arms...