Word: planet
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...Soviet Union share a massive common interest-the prevention of an all-out nuclear war. We are the only two nations that, if locked in deadly combat, could raise a serious question as to whether this planet can any longer sustain the human race. It follows that Washington and Moscow bear a heavy and special responsibility toward the peace of the world and the survival of the human race. That should be the beginning of any consideration in both capitals of our mutual relations...
Laurie Anderson: O Superman (directed by Josh White). Performance art in outer space; a satellite transmission from a forbidden planet...
...succeeded in making the first measurements of deuterium, a heavy form of hydrogen, in the upper atmosphere. By such observations, scientists can study weather patterns on earth. They can also explore the history of distant worlds, since the presence of large quantities of deuterium is a sign that a planet may once have held water, which is essential for life. Scanning the skies, Spacelab's telescopes sighted at least two puzzling sources of X rays. These could not be observed under the earth's obscuring atmosphere. In a bit of zero-g alchemy, the astronauts succeeded in creating...
Small invertebrate segmented animals, say the dictionaries. The Audubon Society Book of Insects (Abrams; 283 pages; $50) offers a more generous definition of the six-legged creatures: "Fellow inhabitants of our fragile planet earth." But what fellows! Bombardiers and borers, water sprites, builders and architects, singers and aviators all fly, hop and crawl through the pages of this extraordinary zoo without screens. A commonplace grasshopper on a black-eyed Susan takes on the dazzle of a Van Gogh landscape; a mangrove glows like a Christmas tree as thousands of fireflies illuminate its heavy branches. The text, by Naturalists Lorus...
...there, what else don't they believe? Is not John Paul II one of the five leading Catholics? Is not the Pacific Ocean one of the five largest bodies of water on the West Coast? Is not the moon one of the five largest celestial bodies orbiting our planet? We think so. But 52.4 percent of college presidents probably...