Word: alaska
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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RADAR. Powerful ground-based radar stations can track objects the size of basketballs from up to 2,000 miles away. The Cobra Dane station in Alaska monitors missiles launched from the Soviet mainland, while Pave Paws radar systems from California to Cape Cod watch for sea-launched warheads. The new Lacrosse satellite will carry lightweight radar systems that can penetrate heavy cloud layers and monitor Soviet ground activity at night...
...fact, independent living for the disabled reduces costs to the state, said Clay McDowell, co-founder of the disabled advocacy group Access Alaska...
Independents: The race for the independent at-large playoff spot in the NCAA tournament has begun, and three early favorites have jumped out of the 17-member pack. Merrimack is atop the ECAC Division II race, and Alaska-Fairbanks and Alaska-Anchorage are featured on the top of a new poll of independent teams taken by radio station KBYR in Anchorage...
...Alaska-Anchorage, which was on top last week, narrowly missed upsetting both North Dakota (twice) and Minnesota this past month...
...Alaska-Fairbanks (now 8-1-1) beat Alaska-Anchorage twice last week. "I guess that put a damper [on the ranking]," said Karen Morris, sports information director of Alaska-Anchorage...