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...draw was supposed to be won back by Henry to the point, but at the last second he said that he was going to go forward," Allman said. "So I just jumped on it and caught a break with the shot going under the goalie's arm. I'm on cloud nine right...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Men's Hockey Stuns No. 10 Colgate | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

After missing most of last year with a broken arm, Wildfong returns this season to center a line with Mara and Loftsgard...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: ECAC HOCKEY | 11/7/1997 | See Source »

...billionaires are coming to the rescue. First, media mogul Ted Turner announced last month that he would give the ailing United Nations a $1 billion shot in the arm over the next 10 years. Then last week, American financier George Soros shocked Moscow and the West with a pledge to pump up to $500 million of his personal fortune into needy Russian health and education programs over the next three years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOROS TO THE RESCUE, AGAIN | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...that the station had all at once become huge, practically filling the screen at a distance of barely 150 ft. from Progress. "Try to get another range!" Tsibliyev shouted to both crewmen. As Foale sped toward Kvant, Lazutkin looked out his window and froze. There, at last, seemingly at arm's length, was the fast-closing Progress. "There it is already!" he shouted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BAD DAY IN SPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

Foale, however, had a handy way to figure it out. If he held up his thumb at arm's length, he could blot out a patch of sky equal to about 1 1/2[degrees] of arc--a point of reference he could use, along with his watch, to determine how fast a spacecraft was moving. Foale swam over to the window, spent a few minutes watching stars come and go behind his thumb, and swam back to Tsibliyev and Lazutkin. "Tell them we're moving one degree per second," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BAD DAY IN SPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

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