Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dust kicked up by Falcon's engine was so thick that Scott could not see the landing site. Relying on instruments, Irwin counted: "Ten feet . . . eight feet . . ." Then Scott cut in: "Contact." On Falcon's instrument panel, a blue light flashed. Said Scott: "The Falcon is on the plain at Hadley...
...perennial revolt against them colliding at critical mass under the palm trees. Out of it comes a cultural situation where only the extreme is normal." To reinforce that pattern, Hollywood bloomed in the 1920s, adding a permanent "population of genius, neurosis, skill, charlatanry, beauty, vice, talent and plain old eccentricity...
...first skyjacker to die attempting to commandeer an American plane. His motives remained murky; he was apparently unemployed, emotionally unstable, and may have had a girl friend in Italy that he hoped to marry. He was raised in New York City and was, according to his sister, "a plain, quiet guy whom life had kicked around a lot." Some wondered about the FBI's judgment in blasting him with a deer rifle. Had the agent missed, Obergfell might have shot the stewardess. John Malone, the assistant FBI director in New York, explained it simply as "a calculated risk...
...there is scarcely an evening when somewhere or other the young lovers are not locked in one another's arms. One of the most affecting renditions of their adaptable story is the dance created by Antony Tudor in 1943 for the American Ballet Theater (then known as just plain Ballet Theater). Last week, after several years out of the repertory, it was revived and remounted by Tudor for the ABT summer season at Lincoln Center...
...spirit. For years, camp grounds across the U.S. have been growing increasingly effete, but some sort of new mark is set by Campland, just off the heavily traveled San Diego Freeway. Essentially, Campland is a 42-acre parking lot that can accommodate 800 assorted trailers, mobile homes and just plain tents. For a fee that ranges from $4 to $6, depending on the size of lot, a family can pretend it is camping out while still enjoying the delights of suburbia. Television addicts can plug in their sets, Jacuzzi fans can return to the swirl, and if Mom forgot...