Word: thirded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Storms and a solid cover of fine material deposits above. Lacking dampening fluids or gases, the layer of rubble may have acted as an echo chamber in which the seismic waves reverberated. If so, the next big seismic event on the moon should be a scientific spectacular; the third-stage rocket of Apollo 13's Saturn 5 will be sent crashing into the lunar surface, creating an impact equivalent to the explosion of 8½ tons...
...seems to me that no oppression can be effective without those who are willing to submit to it. It sometimes appears to me that the Soviet 'creative intelligentsia'-that is, people accustomed to thinking one thing, saying another, and doing a third-is, as a whole, an even more unpleasant phenomenon than the regime that formed...
...reason for the uneven score may be what Israeli pilots proudly refer to as their "Soviet Squadron." The squadron includes three MIG-17s and one MIG-21. Two of the 17s were set down in Israel by blundering Syrian pilots. The third was shot down and repaired with parts from other downed MIG-17s. The faster MIG-21 was flown to Israel by an Iraqi pilot paid to defect by Israeli intelligence. Israeli pilots study and fly all four planes to learn their characteristics...
...Thais. A more likely explanation for the road may be that China is planning to step up aid to the Laotian rebels. During the National Day speeches in Peking last October, Laos was moved up several spots on China's list of "struggling peoples." Peking now rates it third in importance, after Albania and Viet...
Moving right along now into its third big season is NBC's Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Simultaneously, the show is coming apart. Although its ratings are still tops in television, its very success is beginning to exert pressure that will change the show markedly by the second half of the 1969-70 season, and radically by 1970-71. The fact is, some of the most familiar Laugh-In regulars are dropping...