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...didn't take long for the word to get out that the union's recently elected union rep--who was more militant than the old rep--was no longer working, having been fired sometime during the Astro series...
...Sagan, it is scientifically possible for Mars to harbor "macro-organisms" the size of polar bears, who crunch rocks for water, sport silicon skins to protect themselves against deadly sunburn, and hibernate for thousands of years at a stretch. Sagan also contemplates astro-engineered civilizations so far advanced that their accomplishments would seem to us "indistinguishable from magic." He can easily imagine intergalactic, rapid-transit routes where "an object that plunges down a rotating black hole may re-emerge elsewhere and elsewhen-in another place and another time...
Between halves the high school baton-twirler performing for the Franklin Field crowd dropped her flaming baton, briefly setting the astro-turf aflame. Unfortunately the Harvard offense failed to ignite all night...
...weather could also become a factor, as the Astro-turf on Franklin Field becomes slippery when wet and the ball tends to skid. Monro said the game will speed up under such conditions and hurt Harvard's chances...
...They're very hard to beat at home," Monro said, and mentioned that the Crimson squad had practiced under lights on Astro-turf at Boston College Wednesday night in preparation for the game...