Word: window
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pain, weakness, dizziness and feelings of apprehension. They did not dredge up recollections of infancy or talk about their emotional problems. They scarcely moved, even when they were lying in obviously uncomfortable positions. When asked about changes in the appearance of the room or the view from the window, they usually reported none...
Nearly all saw vivid colors. One looked through the window and "saw" a nonexistent work gang on a nonexistent orange bridge. He watched the scene change to a phantom blue lake complete with a phantom ship. Another happily described the chalets in a Swiss village. All these patients enjoyed describing their LSD-distorted visions and did not complain of discomfort even when they reported feelings of being dismembered. They kept moving about to see how this would affect their sensations...
...Window-Washer Technology. Careful preparation made the difference. Fitted out in a" Gemini pressure suit that made him neutrally buoyant in water and thus simulated weightlessness, Aldrin spent a total of a dozen hours underwater in a research pool in Baltimore (TIME, Sept. 30). Maneuvering around a submerged mock-up of Gemini 12, he rehearsed his assign ments, learning to pace himself properly...
...avoid a major problem of previous space walkers-the exhausting effort required to position and steady themselves in space-NASA scientists provided Aldrin with a number of new body restraints. Borrowing from window-washer technology, they fitted him with two harnesses that could be hooked to rings strategically placed around the spacecraft. In addition, he carried two flatiron-shaped handholds that had their bottoms covered with Velcro, an adhesive-like nylon material. When Aldrin slapped his handholds against patches of Velcro plastered on the skin of both Gemini and Agena, they stuck until he pulled them free, providing additional anchors...
...follow in her mother's footsteps, she is remembered by her classmates for her gigantic appetite for jelly doughnuts, her high good spirits, and her practical jokes (painting the John seats in Hubbard House red and dangling tom-toms in the wind outside a faculty member's window). Her dreams of glory as a star basketball center were dashed when, after one look at her height, Smith decided that she had an unfair advantage over her college mates, changed the intramural rules so that the ball was thrown in from the side. With vague hopes of becoming...