Word: pull
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Picking up speed under the increasing pull of the earth's gravity, Apollo was now rapidly approaching its narrow re-entry slot. To make sure of a precise reentry, Lovell and Haise fired one more brief burst from Aquarius' thrusters. Swigert meanwhile took up his post in the command module pilot's seat. Looking out of the window, he commented: "That earth is whistling in like a high-speed train...
...minutes later, Apollo 13 began its novel separation procedures. Again hitting the thrusters, Lovell forced Aquarius against the command and service modules. Almost simultaneously, Swigert fired several explosive bolts, detaching the service module from Odyssey. Lovell also fired the LM's thrusters again. The "push-pull" tactic shoved the service module away from Aquarius and Odyssey, enabling the astronauts to see the disabled module for the first time. It was an incredible sight. The module had lost an entire 15-foot-long panel covering Bay 4, and a tangle of wiring and debris trailed out of the gaping hole. Using...
...must nod in understanding agreement as Sectionman points out Rogaine imagery and influence from Mr. Lawrence's "real life." And, finally, just as somewhere in yourself you begin to feel that Lawrence really is pretty great, quite uncanny in the power of his perceptions and vision, ?apl they pull the rug out from under you. Sectionman will begin to smirk. "But, then," he'll whine, "the older I get, the less I like Lawrence. There is something so adolescent about his work. He becomes so [pause] tedious [long, sustained exhale]." Well, perhaps. But to achieve such dubious critical acumen...
...Sometimes a jock'll pull a horse," he continued. "If the groom finds out, the jock might get a punch in the mouth. Racing is like dice: you roll craps and you're out; you roll seven or eleven and you're a winner...
...When that little jock makes the big time, he don't remember the groom who said, 'Drop your arms' or 'Don't pull the horse; he's got a tender mouth.' Three years from then if you go up to him for a buck, he might say, 'Get outta my face...