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Junior Judy Collins returned triumphantly from playing in the Junior World Cup in Seongnam, Korea. Collins scorched the Lions for two goals and an assist...
...powered by radioactive isotopes--in this case about 72 lbs. of plutonium 238. If the spacecraft were destroyed, insist these critics, some of the plutonium could be pulverized and wafted away by the wind. Even worse, Cassini is supposed to swing by Earth in 1999 for a gravity assist that would sling it out toward Saturn. If the probe comes too close, it could re-enter the atmosphere at 42,000 m.p.h. and vaporize, releasing enough plutonium to be inhaled by millions of people. The radiation from P-238 is harmless under most conditions, but breathing in particles...
Matt Stec, Superintendent of Leverett House, says that he will be able to assist all Leverett early birds by placing them in their own rooms. He estimates that only 15 of more than 300 undergrads moving in before Sept. 10 will qualify, but he says he is pleased to do what what he can. Among the early Leverett arrivals are students leaders of the First-Year Outdoor and Urban Programs and the Phillips Brooks House Association...
...some shelters were in areas now deemed unsafe. There has been plenty of finger pointing, but it is unclear where the blame for the current situation truly lies. Montserrat has its own elected local government, yet remains a British colony. And so, Montserratians argue, Britain has an obligation to assist them...
...photographers and a driver have been detained by police for questioning. Reuters reports they could be charged with endangering lives and failing to assist persons in danger for taking pictures of the crash scene instead of helping the victims...