Word: worde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...interest in sex, as he says, ceased at 20; he has always struck me as such a clinically pure young man. And his mother raised him so correctly: I agree wholeheartedly that love can only exist "within the confines of marriage," as Graham says. I adore his word choice. Confine is such a good word. And his logic is still unsurpassed. Everyone knows that Adam and Eve's "rebellion against God" concerned more than the eating of an apple. Sex, I believe, was the issue. His observation is adroitly followed with the comment, "[sex is] something that God gave...
Behind the moon again, on their 14th revolution, Eagle's descent engine was fired, slowing the module down and dropping it into the orbit that would take it to within 50,000 ft. of the lunar surface. The crucial word from Houston was relayed by Michael Collins, Columbia pilot, when a burst of static momentarily cut Eagle off from the ground: "You are go for PDI [powered descent insertion]." Again Eagle's descent engine fired, beginning a twelve-minute burn that was scheduled to end only when the craft was within two yards of the lunar surface...
...with crackling precision. "Things look good. Picking up some dust [stirred up on the surface by the blasting descent engine]. Faint shadow. Drifting to the right a little. Contact light! O.K. Engine stop." Armstrong quickly recited a ten-second check list of switches to turn off Then came the word that the world had been waiting...
...public statements from the Black and Puerto Rican Student Community. There was nothing from the Administration on the Five Demands. Throughout March, there was nothing from Dr. Gallagher. It was as though they thought the whole thing would go away if they ignored it. But April found the word 'STRIKE' written on walls and posted on bulletin boards all over the school. No explanation; just STRIKE...
...black, red, and green flag of the Third World over 1500 students marched to the Administration building where they burned an effigy to Dr. Gallagher. Marching up to the Administration building, the protestors sang, "We love our hearts," and "On strike, shut it down." As the dummy with the word "Racism" painted on its chest was burned the brothers and sisters sang "Time to pick up the gun; the revolution has come...