Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very hot, in the high 80 s, and a 20-m.p.h. wind blew gritty white dust into everyone's face. At the big moment, the VIP gates were thrown open and the crowd surged forward for a better view, nearly sweeping some onlookers over the canyon's rim. One 15-year-old who was pushed 100 ft. to the edge fell into a 5-ft.-deep crevice in rocks hanging over the chasm. Then, as Knievel's rocket disappeared below the canyon lip, hundreds of spectators began dashing for their cars or bikes, apparently caring more about...
...downtown Atlanta, an abandoned Unitarian church has been converted into a dining place called the Abbey. The 70-year-old building-where Author Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) was married-is graced with an elegant stained-glass front window, vaulted, beamed ceilings and a crafted Gothic interior. Though it might seem odd to some that Christians should go to a church for sole rather than soul, the Abbey has been serving capacity crowds. Most favored of its five dining areas: the choir loft, where monk-robed waiters Handel their guests with priestly concern...
...wind up with them? The six senior advisors of the Yard spent July deciding where and with whom to put you. All rooming applications are spread on the floor of the freshman dean's office and the advisors proceed to pair compatible freshmen...
...more in touch with other students than they've been for some time, partly because the passions of '69 and some of their more grandiose ambitions have finally cooled. My roommate, a lovable Midwestern biologist, went to the Honeywell demonstration last year--it could be a straw in the wind. I wouldn't count on a building occupation, but then, you never can tell...
...Trip. For that sum, says Denning, Neptune offers "a real first-class service. The crew is at full dress, the ship is pointed into the wind, and all the engines are dead." The flag is lowered to half-mast, and the captain reads Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" (the 107th Psalm is optional), while a black-draped crew member sprinkles the loved one's remains into the Pacific from a ceramic Grecian urn. For an additional $250, as many as 20 relatives and friends can attend the scattering from the deck of Neptune's bar-and-galley...