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...solar cycle, to gather information on the effects of the sun's activities on the earth. The robot observatory has been crippled for the past three years because of a minor electrical problem. Flying to the satellite with his manned maneuvering unit (MMU), an astronaut will attach himself to the ailing bird. Then he will use the force of the MMU'S jets to arrest the satellite's slow spin so that it can be grappled aboard the shuttle by the remote-controlled arm. The satellite will be overhauled inside the shuttle's cargo...
...bill had been purposely stalled in a "study pack" by the Committee on Government Regulations, which tried to attach to it several unpopular bills. But the House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday released it independently, with a favorable recommendation...
...that of a normal molecule; Rich indicated that this seeming oddity may play a significant role in switching genes off or on, thereby allowing a cell to develop into one that is different from its neighbor. Biologist Mark Ptashne of Harvard discussed the activity of small proteins that somehow attach themselves to the coils of DNA and control how the molecule replicates. Nobel Laureates David Baltimore of M.I.T. and Howard Temin of the University of Wisconsin reported on the use of viruses, which are little more than coils of nucleic acid wrapped in protein, to transfer...
Continuing the diplomatic tit-for-tat, the State Department announced that the U.S. last month had expelled two Soviet diplomats posted in Washington. Assistant Air Attaché Yuri Leonov was caught with a briefcase that included a classified document. Trade Attaché Anatoly Skripko was arrested in the act of handing over money for classified documents. Their expulsions were not publicized at the time because the U.S. was then hoping to nurture warming relations with the U.S.S.R...
...hulk, leaking oil at a rate of about one ton an hour, posed a danger to the dozens of ships that round the cape every day. In a daring maneuver, a private helicopter, with air force planes monitoring the situation, lowered two divers onto the wreck to attach a towline to the tanker's bow. A powerful tugboat then began to tow the wreckage 100 miles out to sea, where it will be sunk in some 6,000 feet of water...