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...political novices included a 70-year-old semanticist in California, a former astronaut in New Mexico, a rancher in Wyoming and a tax lawyer in Utah. All are conservative Republicans, and all unceremoniously ousted liberal Democratic Senators-including two three-termers-from their seats. But the Senate's only Conservative, James Buckley of New York, was swamped by a left-of-center Democrat. So were right-leaning Republicans in Maryland and Tennessee, and Nebraska elected its first Democratic Senator in four decades...
...Republicans who picked up Democratic seats included ex-Astronaut Harrison Schmitt over Joseph Montoya in New Mexico, Rancher Malcolm Wallop over Three-Term Veteran Gale McGee in Wyoming, Tax Lawyer Orrin Hatch over Frank Moss in Utah and former Navy Secretary John Chafee over Richard Lorber in Rhode Island. Among the Democrats who gained Republican seats: Tucson Attorney Dennis DeConcmi over Sam Steiger in Arizona, Congressman Spark Matsunaga over former Governor William Quinn in Hawaii, Congressman Paul Sarbanes over Incumbent Glenn Beall in Maryland and Omaha Mayor Edward Zorinsky over John McCollister in Nebraska. Some of the most intriguing races...
...Kelvin is a cool customer. Back on Earth, we've already seen him alienate his anxious father with freezing scowls. When a worried former Solaris astronaut tries to warn him about his haunting visions, like hallucinations come to life, Kelvin mocks, scoffs and deries him out of the house. You cloud real science with your romanticism, he snaps. No such nonsense for Kelvin...
...wasn't the type. And why does Sartorius, one of the two remaining scientists, have a dwarf running out of his room? Why the ball?, and why the young girl who mysteriously prowls the space lab in a blue negligee? "Is she real?," Kelvin asks Snauf, the last astronaut. "Is she human?" Snauf only laughs, wildly, wickedly. A panic starts to grab Kelvin, like a pounding hangover on a clammy summer morning. No more Mr. Imperterbable. On a tape made just before his suicide, Gibaryan tells Kelvin nervously not to think that these "guests"--the apparitions--are just figments...
...707s to other airlines. At Miami-based Eastern, net income for the first half increased ten times, and the second-quarter results of $19.5 million were the best in the company's history. But part of the increase was due to a temporary wage freeze urged by former Astronaut Frank Borman, who became the airline's chief executive in December. Though unions may not go along, Borman has asked employees to consider a profit-increasing plan whereby they would receive perhaps 95% of normal wages in bad years and as much as 106% in good times...