Word: venusized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time when humans will fly from a dying or imperiled Earth to other worlds, "terraforming" them to make them livable and inhabiting them to preserve the species. Sagan writes that space flight has already provided early warnings of possible dangers to Earth. Data radioed from craft exploring Venus and Mars, for example, have helped make us aware of the consequences of such potential man-made disasters as the greenhouse effect and the destruction of the ozone layer. Perhaps even more important, spacecraft may one day prevent a global catastrophe by diverting a large asteroid speeding toward a collision with Earth...
...list myself in The Harvard Crimson," says Venus de Milo manager Jeffrey R. Unger...
Carl Lewis, trying for yet another gold medal, could be living in Pennypacker Hall. Fans may spot Jennifer Capriati and Venus Williams walking to the Dunster House dining hall for a bite to eat. Italy's Roberto Baggio, a bit past his prime, would be practicing his footwork on the Harvard soccer fields...
Well-functioning Venus probe makes NASA look good for a change...
...puppet show that masquerades as a two-hour put-down of bad films. Three figures -- a human, Mike Nelson (played by head writer Michael J. Nelson), and two robots, Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy) and Crow (Trace Beaulieu) -- sit in front of a movie screen and, as First Spaceship to Venus or Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster or I Accuse My Parents unspools, they crack wise. That's about it, plus a sketch or two and some edgy banter with the mad scientists, Dr. Clayton Forrester (Beaulieu again) and TV's Frank (Frank Conniff), who supposedly have stranded Mike...