Word: ares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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A show at the Whitney Museum tries to argue that TV and other media images stimulate original art forms, but ends up demonstrating such sources are a dead end.
Recent events in Eastern Europe recall the failed revolutions of the past century. But there are important differences -- and good reasons to hope for a happier outcome this time.
"Here we are! Hooray!" Those were modest words for a momentous achievement. They came in a radio message from a six-man team of adventurers and scientists that reached the South Pole last week after a 3,213-km (1,992-mile) trek across Antarctica by dogsled. The expedition was...
Steger's expedition has been better supplied than Scott's was. Fuel and food have been stashed at prearranged sites along the expedition's route. Each man wears 4.5 kg (10 lbs.) of insulated clothing and consumes daily some 1,030 g (36 oz.) of a high-energy diet (5...
The dogs are well protected too. Bred by Steger, they are hybrids of Siberian husky, malamute and timber wolf. They are fed a high-protein diet and are outfitted with jackets and booties. Even so, the journey has been brutal for the animals. Fifteen of them became so exhausted that...