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...there's no funding, so the Russian Space Agency can't keep space station Mir aloft. We asked those versed in the ways of space, "What would you do with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 60-Second Symposium | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

FLIGHT SIMULATORS Best-selling MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR now comes in two flavors--with combat and without. The aim, not surprisingly, is to stay aloft while handling all the complexities of a modern cockpit. Unless you count deliberately crashing into a cornfield or re-enacting air combat from World War II, there's not too much mayhem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyberguide | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

...Russians may launch an obscure Welsh-born, U.S.-based garbage-treatment tycoon into space--if he can come up with the $100 million needed to keep Mir aloft through 2000. The Russian government announced this year that it will have to wean Mir of funding this fall in order to pay for completion of the Russian modules for the International Space Station. So Energiya, the state corporation that built Mir, created a subsidiary to raise hard currency. That's when PETER LLEWELLYN, 51, head of Microlife, a Minnesota company specializing in waste disposal, heard his calling. Paunchy and with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: For Another $100 Million, We'll Throw in Ukraine | 5/10/1999 | See Source »

Pointing to a picture held aloft on a sign of acity devastated by the bombings, Petrovic's eyeswell up again with tears...

Author: By Alysson R. Ford, | Title: Area Residents Cope With Kosovo Crisis | 5/5/1999 | See Source »

After the match the players celebrated at center court, holding aloft the Ivy trophy. This year's title is Harvard's fourth in five years and 13th in the 19 years of Ivy League competition...

Author: By Meredith M. Bagley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Defends Ivy Crown, on to NCAA's | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

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