Word: utterness
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...highly-touted Princeton lightweight conglomerate had bitten the dust, and one could sense the frustration in Fischer's words. Fischer had watched from the launch in disbelief as Harvard took an early lead, and when the Crimson moved out by more than a length. Fischer's head dropped in utter dejection. It was that decisive a Harvard victory. And it is a long way back to New Jersey...
...stage shot up above a spray of colored debris from the lower stage's protective gold foil. The camera worked so well that Houston could follow Orion's ascent for nearly two minutes, until the little craft was no more than a speck of light against the utter blackness of space. Later, after Orion locked with Casper in moon orbit, Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly, who could not resist twitting them about all the dust and debris they were bringing with them. Later, having nearly obscured their original check lists with fresh flight data radioed by Houston, Duke...
...point of honor--they make love for the last time. Rather than fearing death, they look forward to it--a fitting climax to their lives. The suicide scene itself is excruciating; this is the other side of the Japanese coin--but it has a ritual elegance. The utter simplicity of the preparations for death and the complete trust of the couple that they are acting correctly carry them along; within its own context the action is perfect. Can one accept it? It is powerful to those who can, horrifying to those...
...should instead concentrate on proposals for concrete, politically sensible courses of direct action. And if our actions are logical and appealing, more and more people will join us and we will have accomplished far more than those who insisted that before building a mass movement, they must first utter the word "strike...
...found your issue of March 20 from start to finish an absolute and utter bore...