Word: spaces
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...where the opponents of so-called Frankenfoods stirred a tempest in a taco shell when genetically engineered feed corn not deemed safe for human consumption (because it might cause allergic reactions) turned up at Taco Bells and other outposts in the human food supply. It was big year in space too, as a team of Russian and American astronauts took occupancy of the new space station, and astronomers (armed with a new generation of smart telescopes and a fleet of clever space-going robots) snapped brilliantly sharp pictures of fire storms on the sun and watermarks on Mars, and brought...
Touching down on the West Side of Manhattan in late winter was a wondrous new vehicle for transport to the stars: the Hayden Planetarium, centerpiece of the $210 million Rose Center for Earth and Space. The 87-foot aluminum sphere that is the Hayden's core seemed to float inside a 10-story glass-walled cube, which is the Hayden's outer shell. "A cosmic cathedral," was how architect James Polshek proudly described his creation. A planetarium is, of course, only a transmitter of outer space to those of us on terra firma. By contrast, the new space station...
...year rife with space-age communication, space-age travel, once a presumed inevitability of the new millennium, wasn't happening. Instead, the hip mode of transportation evoked the era of Eisenhower, if not the Flintstones. The foot-propelled scooter captivated virtually every age group in every community across America. Collapsible, portable and all but useless for even medium-distance commutes, the scooter achieved enough prominence to generate its own backlash: injuries to riders, irritation to pedestrians. For the duration of its extended moment, the scooter answered a nostalgia for an earlier age and a desire for frivolity in this...
...watch for the way people walk. See who takes up too much space, and who minds his own business. And if you're in New York, hold hands if you must, walk single file if you can, but never, never walk three across...
...know how to walk. And on a planet that is getting increasingly crowded, taking up less space is a virtue. In fact, taking up less space is a form of courtesy. It's allowing others to have room. Hogging space is a way of saying, "Where I am is more important than where you are." It's self-important and rude...