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...example, are all the clocks on the second floor of Sever at least three minutes fast, so when you're just ready to stuff your notebook in your backpack and run off to lunch, you realize you still have to hear the professor's startling conclusions? On the other hand, that's better than sitting on the first floor, where the clocks are three minutes slow, so you end up at the back of the lunch line...

Author: By John Rosenthal, | Title: Of Waffles and T-Bones | 4/29/1985 | See Source »

...burglar made off with a suitcase, a backpack, a sports bag and two briefcases containing credit cards, bank books, and checkbooks. The victims, two females and a male, were at the Boathouse Bar at the time of the crime...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Pipe Swinger, Theives Plague Harvard Campus | 3/16/1985 | See Source »

...unidentified person stole a student's backpack left unattended on a table in Weld Hall last Saturday. The backpack contained books, $25 in cash, and the student's keys. The total value of the items is $85. Police have no suspects...

Author: By Richard L. Meyer, | Title: Pipe Swinger, Theives Plague Harvard Campus | 3/16/1985 | See Source »

...Using "Mighty Joe Allen," as one reporter called him, instead of the hook was to prove exceptionally efficient. By Wednesday morning the other rogue canister was in view; an awestruck Gardner exclaimed, "Look at that satellite!" This time it was his turn to sail forth in the Buck Rogers backpack, his body silhouetted against the Gulf of Mexico. And when he, too, easily pierced Westar with his stinger, he radioed over to his partner, "Joe, it's just like you said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Rounding Up the Runaways | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

...crew's involvement in mission planning was not limited to the stinger. Hauck suggested that the shuttle close to within 35 ft. of the satellites, instead of the 200-ft. distance maintained with Solar Max. The reason: to save the backpack's propulsion fuel. Meanwhile, ground controllers made plans to slow the satellites' spin from 22 to two rotations a minute. They prepared to send signals, putting the two satellites in the same orbital plane, 690 miles apart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Rounding Up the Runaways | 11/26/1984 | See Source »

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