Word: mooning
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...though tomorrow's eclipse will probably not effect international politics much, millions of North Americans will be plunged into an eerie ?? afternoon twilight as the moon ??ks out the sun's light...
...here, the moon's disc will seem to touch the right hand edge of the sun and slowly cover most of the sun. At mid-eclipse in Cambridge, a thin crescent of sunlight will remain above the black moon. Clouds will take on a sunset appearance, and the shadow of totality, traveling at over 1000 miles per hour, may be visible from some offshore islands...
Exhibits are as disparate as the architecture. Emphasizing its lunar conquest, the U.S. will display genuine moon rocks, space suits and a model of the Apollo 11 lunar module. Russia, observing the centennial of Lenin's birth, will stress Soviet culture, history and science. Pursuing techniques pioneered in Montreal three years ago, the fair features several dazzling, multiscreen light shows, and psychedelic sound shows as well. The Japan steel-and-iron-industries building has 1,300 loudspeakers embedded in the ceiling and walls to stun visitors with a "Song of Steel...
Tokyo's ebullient konton (confusion) can be attractive, and the city has proved an irresistible magnet to Japanese and foreigners alike. It has vitality, diversity and unexpected touches of beauty everywhere?in a tiny rock garden, a sprig of cherry blossoms, a full moon reflected in the still waters of the imperial moat. Manhattan-style muggings are virtually unknown. Still, the city's main problem, says Mayor Ryokichi Minobe, is "too many people." New York City, with 128 sq. ft. of park space per resident, is a verdant paradise compared with Tokyo, which has 7 sq. ft. Real estate values...
...nearby Houston. Heading the list of signatures was that of Astronaut Rusty Schweickart, followed by those of nine other angered astronauts, members of the Committee on Sane Telephone Service (COSTS). "We find it intolerable," says Mrs. Schweickart, "that in this age of instant communication with men on the moon, we of the space community should be denied basic communications services...