Word: wind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rocket motor enabled scientists to cram a dozen instruments into Pioneer's drum-shaped "bus," 2.5 meters (8.2 ft.) in diameter. In addition to carrying devices that will map the Venusian atmosphere and cloud formations, analyze the composition of the clouds and measure the interaction between the "solar wind" and the atmosphere, Pioneer 1 will use radar to penetrate the clouds and produce a rough topographic map of much of the Venusian surface. Previous radar scans, made by the giant radio telescope in Arecibo, P.R., have already detected some craters, a large chasm, possible volcanoes, mountainous areas, and what...
...most vocal complaints come from farmers, who have a visceral attachment to the land. They are torn by conflicting feelings about foreigners who offer premium prices for their acreage. Farmers often sell out, only to wind up leasing the property back from the new, absentee owners and working for them as tenant farmers. When farm children grow up, they must sometimes seek other occupations, because land prices are so high that they cannot afford the life their parents led. Complains Vernon Conrad, vice president of California's Fresno County farm bureau: "Buying by outsiders is taking away the family...
...unkind Floridians to torture blue-blooded Harvardians. The University pundits accuse students of library-mania, Lamont-lunacy and Widener-warbling, but clearly they have failed to take the weather into account. Student behavior is quite sensible given the fact that undergraduates awake most mornings to grey, white, brown, wind and cold outside, and 90-degree, sultry, sweaty climes inside electric blue, yellow and orange rooms...
...peace symbols and miniskirts, do not permit enough maintenance to keep the grass in the style to which Park Designer Frederick Law Olmsted's 19th century sheep were accustomed. The dust flurries are so bad that filming has to be halted a few times, and a wind machine is imported to make sure that later scenes will match today's. Quips Savage: "This is really a remake of Lawrence of Arabia...
...quarter of the $900 million will come from the sale of older and thirstier 707s, 737s and 747s, and SIA will wind up with a fleet of no more than 32 jets. A further quarter will be provided by internal cash flow generated by its policy of using speedy six-year plane depreciation (vs. about 15 years for most U.S. airlines). The rest, or about $450 million, will be financed externally. Says Pillay: "We shall approach the Export-Import Bank for about $360 million and get the rest from commercial U.S., European and Asian banks." If any part...