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...confident of Intrepid's navigational gear that he plans to fly a "heads up" approach. He will face the darkness of space until he is little more than a mile from the lunar surface; then he will pitch Intrepid forward for his first glimpse of the small, rockless landing area, which his shipmates have already nicknamed "Conrad's parking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Back to the Moon | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

Determined stage-door Johnnies will have to tell whether their appearance is "boyish, manly, handsome, distinguished, athletic, or scholarly"; whether they are "shy, bold, cautious, rockless, forward, retiring, or just natural with girls"; whether they are lady-killers or bookworms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dean's Signature on Application Blank Needed to Rate Date with Chorus Girl | 1/18/1938 | See Source »

...senseless way in which many of them lived in prosperous days. It cannot be doubted that this is to be a wholesome period for the colleges and universities, when the higher purposes of education will have an opportunity to become dominant in the lives of the students. The lavish, rockless spender has disappeared from the college campus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judging by the Times | 10/2/1931 | See Source »

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