Word: watered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...what they had seen in the cave and over the mountain. Several people had not been able to open the door. One woman had opened it only to run into a wall, another had found herself in a room with flashing purple lights, and many had found pools of water--which the boy knew from an old English course to be symbols of the death-wish. He wondered what he would have seen when the darkness cleared...
...beautiful roads in the world--it's the road Dustin Hoffman drove on in his little red Alfa on his way to Berkeley. It winds along the coast, on cliffs that sometimes rise more than 1000 feet above the ocean. Endless time, endless space, a breathtaking, infinite expanse of water--the boy had felt the excitement of all these as they drove along that road. And he had felt the excitement as Stewart had talked about Esalen. The details would come back to him later; he only remembered Stewart saying, "We're on to something very big here, and something...
...feet away, the boy could smell the rotten smell of the sulphur, but he soon grew accustomed to it, and with the rest of the group, took off his clothes in the semi darkness, and climbed into the hot, womblike, three foot deep, absorbing, relaxing, exhausting heat of the water. Several members of John's group had not come. Those who had come did and said little; there was no need to. For the boy the greatest moment had been to climb out of the baths into the cool darkness of the night and stand by the railing, looking...
...approving the use of polymers on its ships, the British Admiralty is investigating the possible pollution hazard of polyethylene oxide. Tests are under way to determine if the chemical is harmful to marine life, and whether it will accumulate near the surface or eventually decompose and dissipate in sea water. There is apparently no question, however, about the effectiveness of polymers in increasing a ship's speed. Their use has been banned by England's Amateur Rowing Association...
...social history of the Mexican Revolution is scholarly, engrossing and highly sympathetic to Zapata. A Harvard professor of Latin American history, Womack, 31, clearly shows that Zapata's fidelity and incorruptibility were deeply rooted in the bitter struggle of Morelos farmers to guard their land titles and water rights. Their enemies were the rich landowners constantly seeking to add acreage to their already vast haciendas...