Word: apollos
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...after Crimson Tide opens: Die Hard with a Vengeance; Casper (the friendly ghost, now a live-action apparition); Madison County; the killer-ape thriller Congo; Batman Forever; and Pocahontas. Then no fewer than three big-adventure films will go head to head: Judge Dredd; Ron Howard's astronaut drama Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks; and the current TV favorite of eight-year-old martial artists, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie...
...tune that did come off very well involved a vinyl recording of Maya Angelou reading her Pulitzer Prize-winning poem, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." DJ Apollo sampled and scratched Angelou's voice over a relaxed beat one verse at a time, each one followed by emphatic Marsalis horn lines that cleverly reflected and refracted the intonation of Angelou's speech. The effect was very cool indeed...
Also noteworthy was a rendition of "Breakfast at Denny's," a track from the CD that featured DJ Apollo and Marsalis trading riffs...
...hands now think the lofty space shuttle program should become more "customer-oriented" -- even privatized -- so that the space agency can cut costs and go back to R&D. In a new study obtained by Reuters, a task force led by Christopher Kraft, a key figure in the Apollo moon program, says future shuttles should haul space cargo commercially, and advises NASA to cut back on an expensive "safety shield" for astronauts developed after the 1986 Challenger explosion. "Safety is one of those terms that can be used to hide behind and prevent necessary change and innovation," the Kraft team...
...much-needed boost of self-esteem. Says astronaut Eugene Cernan of his trip to the moon: "We did things that people thought could not be done...I know most people at the time thought it was impossible." The Space Station would be to the `90's what the Apollo program was to the `60's: a beacon of hope, a symbol of humanity overcoming insurmountable obstacles, with the United States bravely leading...