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...failed. Instead, the company had analyzed the loss of a far less critical system. The report was worthless, the NRC hadn't noticed, and the consequences could be dire. If Millstone lost its primary cooling system while the full core was in the pool, Galatis told Betancourt, the backup systems might not handle the heat. "The pool could boil," he said. "We'd better report this...
...Presley's split has left a gap in the market for odd matches, PRINCE has settled on a lifetime mate. The artist, formerly known as avidly polygynous, will marry MAYTE (pronounced my-tay) GARCIA, a Puerto Rican--born belly dancer and singer who has been a member of his backup group since 1992. The happy nuptials will take place in Paris on Valentine's Day, to the strains of Kamasutra, a symphony Prince has commissioned from his band, the New Power Generation. Further details--what Mayte's married name will be and if she will wear higher heels than...
...final episode in this trilogy occurred two weeks ago at the Philadelphia Eagles practice camp. The Eagles' backup quarterback, Randall Cunningham, missed two days of workouts because his wife gave birth to their first child in Las Vegas...
Data transmission will be considerably slowed because the probe's main antenna has failed to open, forcing engineers to rely on a much slower backup antenna. Jaroff says the problem can be traced back to 1987, when Galileo's launch was delayed by the Challenger explosion. "After the Challenger, they trucked the probe back to California to be put into storage. What engineers think happened is that the vibrations of the transcontinental trip may have worn out some of the lubricants that should have helped the antenna to open." Because of the delay, the spacecraft will only transmit hundreds...
Thus said freshman Laura Stillman, the backup goaltender of the Harvard field hockey team, during Saturday's game against Providence...