Word: takings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Venetians are pumping out, for their own use, the water of the underground lake that Venice floats on, so it's gradually slipping under. But they don't care. And New York's sewer system has five more years before it starts letting loose. But because it would take 17 years to be replaced, there's no point in trying...
...films make the show. On one screen are fragments of science fiction flicks from Buck Rogers to 2001 . Right along side is some impressive NASA footage of the moon landing, the early Apollo missions in earth and lunar orbit, and Saturn V take-offs. Isolated fragments of these films have been shown often, but to watch them in color at once is an awesome experience. The show also offers a fine series of Neil Armstrong's moon photos. This selection is far clearer and more complete than those published in magazines or newspapers...
...scientific criteria used in some NASA decisions have also annoyed some scientists. Take, for example, the compromise choice of cameras used on the Apollo lunar flights. Early unmanned Ranger. Surveyor and Lunar Orbiter craft had taken over 106,000 photographs of the moon, and NASA claimed the Apollo flights would provide photographs 10 times better than these television images. Some cartographers argue that the Hasselblad camera used on Apollo missions has no such capability. It is perfect for propaganda shots in Life magazine and fine for geological work on the moon, but it is too small to provide enough detail...
...Under the circumstances, the fairest position for any of us to take is to treat this like a religious holiday which falls on a day when the university is open, a matter of individual conscience...
...beautiful brunch. I decide to have scrambled eggs instead of fried. I put a lot of cream in my coffee, and I take a lot of butter for my blueberry muffin. A beautiful brunch. I sit down by myself, take a sip of my coffee, and turn to the article about Namath. It's by a woman, and she starts off talking about the new book by Jerry Kramer. What do women know about football...