Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Billed simply as "Baptiste and Victoria," a handsome man and a big-eyed girl in whiteface have been putting on what they call an "Imaginary Circus" on the streets of French provincial towns and in a small Parisian nightclub. Enthusiastic audiences have been unaware how Victoria comes by her wistful...
Her wedding plans are definitely off, said catlike Eartha Kitt, 40, in London last week. Then she added earthily, "I love him so much." Him was Ole Broen-dum-Nielsen, 32, a rich Danish manufacturer of sound equipment. She had announced her engagement the week before over a Birmingham radio...
The Deer Vote. Coke got expert help in developing the kit from the University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology. "We wanted the kids to realize that the world is not infinite and that its resources are limited," says Dr. Frank B. Golley, executive director of the institute. "We...
Basic concepts are taught in a classroom brainstorming session called "Rescue in Space." The schoolchildren divide into two groups: eight astronauts going to Mars in two spaceships, plus ground-control crews responsible for the ships' air, water, food and living space. Once on Mars, one spacecraft breaks down. Given...
The kids then graduate to "Make Your Own World." Eleven teams with an equal vote represent farmers, jobless workers and real estate developers as well as such usually disenfranchised interests as air, forests, soil-even deer. Playing the role of master planner, the teacher affixes overlay pictures of various new...