Word: surround
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Protective Fuel. The fierce heat that will surround the XB-70A in flight was an overriding problem for its designers. Almost every part had to be heat-resistant. The tires, for example, are made by B.F. Goodrich out of material that stands twice the temperature that melts ordinary airplane tires. To dispel the heat that will fight its way toward the crew, North American's engineers decided to make the fuel carry it away. While the XB-70A is cruising at Mach 3, its fuel will circulate, cooling the interior, absorbing enough heat every minute to evaporate four gallons...
Outside, a narrow raised garden will surround the building, leading, in Disneyland fashion, past a small orchard and through a miniature woodland of birches and ferns. The front entrance area, facing Shepard Street, will be landscaped in grass and concrete, and enclosed by a high wall alternating sections of brick with wrought iron bars...
...their halos. Unconsciously, they are cynics who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. They pay a visit to a kind of hermit of integrity, a bachelor, writer and onetime friend unseen for 15 years. A bearded pixy, nicely played by Costigan, the writer likes to surround himself with pygmy baptismal fonts, and serve drinks from 16th century eyecups...
...stopping Allende is Eduardo Frei, 53, the able and eloquent leader of Chile's fast-growing Christian Democratic Party. Chileans are normally reserved about their politicians. But the tall, gaunt, obviously dedicated Frei has a charisma that sends his audience into wild cheers; when he moves about, crowds surround his car, chanting his name, reaching in the window to shake his hand. His party is only eight years old, and yet it emerged from last year's municipal elections with 23% of the total vote to become Chile's largest single political force...
...show by a young New Yorker who takes his titles from James Joyce, puns with lines much as the Irish writer did with words. His major painting is the Temptation of St. Anthony; the poor saint looks absolutely abashed by the frantics of the lewd nudes who surround him in a sea of fleshy tones, raw red mouths and undulating shapes. Twenty-seven oils. Through April...