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Even the Hubble repair mission has already had glitches. Last week ground technicians discovered a faulty sensor in a control device on Endeavour's right wing. After mulling over the problem for a day, NASA officials decided not to delay the mission, because three other backup sensors could do the job of the malfunctioning one. Of course, given the shuttle's recent record, a Dec. 1 launch is not exactly a safe...
...best. Cloning technology is an almost inevitable by-product of in vitro fertilization. Once you decide to go to the trouble of in vitro, with its potentially hazardous megadoses of hormones for the female partner and various indignities for the male, you might as well make a few backup copies of any viable embryo that's produced. And once you've got the backup copies, why not keep a few in the freezer, in case Junior ever needs a new kidney or cornea...
Harvard found some from an unlikely source. Freshman Garyon Kong, a backup spiker playing for the first time at Harvard, went in as a desperation...
Most disturbing to the green brigade, the measures are mostly voluntary. Says William Roberts of the Environmental Defense Fund: "If voluntary programs don't work, you better have a backup." The backup here seems to be wait and see: if it isn't working in a few years, Clinton will propose tougher measures...
...vitality of the brew is evident from the first track, When Jesus Left Birmingham, a tent-raising sermon about human nature that sounds unlike anything Mellencamp has done before. His voice grainy and low over a smacking drumbeat and soulful female backup vocals, Mellencamp conjures a godforsaken land of dashed aspirations and sordid pleasures, where "all the people went completely nuts./ They all busted out on a wild night/ Riding high on a golden calf." The song also echoes America's disenchantment with politicians and the economy. "To hell with all the politicians and the lies," Mellencamp sings. "Recovery, recovery...