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...number of safety measures you have to take is beyond imagination,” says Breiter, who had to design an extensive emergency protocol and have a psychiatrist and a cardiologist present whenever administering cocaine. “It looks like we’re sending an astronaut into space,” he jokes. And with good reason. Breiter’s studies involved injecting up to 40mg of “government grade” cocaine (“the stuff that the government approves for sale for research,” he explains) into each subject...
...galactic ambitions have been dogged by troubles. In the mid-'90s a Long March 2E rocket exploded after blastoff, killing a family of six on the ground. Still, the country has persevered. With last week's successful launch, China's Space Association says it could send up an astronaut (pre-sumably with an actual heartbeat) as early as next year. The ultimate goal is a lunar landing. Only one problem: it's a long way to call for Chinese takeout...
Three hours after the show began, Jackson, wearing an astronaut helmet and suit, rose from the middle of the stage, backed by his five brothers, making a Jackson 6. He took off his headgear and, when he finally opened his mouth to sing, the talent was still there. Doing a medley of their greatest hits--ABC, I Want You Back, I'll Be There--the Jacksons appeared to be having actual, unrehearsed...
...Moscow in armored train. Obviously, he's worried about being mobbed by screaming teen girls ALLAN HOUSTON Basketball guard signs $100 million contract with the Knicks. During press conference he vows to live lavishly and acquire expensive cars Losers PRINCE PHILIP Queen's hubby tells 13-year-old aspiring astronaut he's too fat for space. This from a man whose son said he wanted to be a tampon PEDRO ALMODOVAR Spanish director riles activists by killing four bulls during filming. His first flicks?Kill All Bulls and Kill All Bulls II?should have tipped them off MILES BYRNE...
...Kubrick sets him the sort of test and trap that real-boy Martin sets for David: a man must learn the limits of hope. And then, often, he dies. If there's a happy ending in a Kubrick film, it is in 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which an astronaut evolves into a Star Child. Man becomes not-man, better-than-man, by shrugging off that mean thing we flatter by calling humanity...