Word: 36th
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David C. Hilmers, 38, mission specialist. Jan. 28, 1986, was Hilmers' 36th birthday. But it was no time for celebrating: that was the day Challenger disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Ever since, Hilmers has had a dream that "one day a shuttle would once again make its way to the launchpad to launch Americans into space." A religious man, he says his anxiety about the mission was "soothed by my faith in God." Hilmers, who doubles as Covey's backup pilot, is a math whiz. He graduated summa cum laude from Cornell College, in Iowa, and earned an electrical...
DeLone advanced to the second round in the "A" single bracket with a straight set victory over Loretta Sheales of Arkansas. But the sophomore dropped a 1-6, 6-1, 1-6 decision to Princeton's Diana Gardener, the 36th ranked player in intercollegiate tennis...
Senior goalie Bruce Racine turned aside 25 of 28 shots and earned MVP honors as Northeastern beat two-time defending champion Boston University, 6-3, in the finals of the 36th annual Beanpot Hockey Tournament...
...Harvard hockey team will face off against Boston College today at 5 p.m. in the consolation game of the 36th annual Beanpot Tournament at Boston Garden...
Rarely if ever has the pilgrim Pope -- this U.S. trip is his 36th major voyage since assuming the throne of St. Peter in 1978 -- been blanketed under so many layers of watchful security. The 1,500 people who traveled to Miami's airport to bid the Pope welcome ran a gauntlet of some 7,000 National Guard troops, state and local police and agents of the Secret Service, which budgeted $5.5 million for the papal trip. Their roadblocks and security checks rendered the city's streets eerily empty. The intensity of the precautions cut into the size...