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...redesigned to accommodate unplanned research? Moreover, a Hubble-like glitch or catastrophic accident could wipe out a major portion of the project. Says Tom Donahue, a University of Michigan professor of planetary science: "NASA didn't seem to realize that it was putting too many eggs into one basket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mission Close to Home | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

...They haven't all stopped for the same reasons," says a Western analyst based in the Middle East, "but there is a basket of reasons that affects them all." Syria and Iran found themselves on the same side as the U.S. in the gulf war, and their need for foreign investment is a powerful incentive to stop sponsoring violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terrorism Changes Its Spots | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

...FATHER is a vulture of good housekeeping. When I was young, he would swoop into my room with a garbage can and a laundry basket. "If it moves I'll shoot it," he would tell me. "If it doesn't move I'll wash...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: An Environmentalist's Angst | 3/20/1991 | See Source »

...Putting Ciavaglia, Vukonich and Donato on the same line is putting all of their eggs in one basket," Coles said. "That's where our third and fourth lines are going to beat them...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz and John B. Roberts, S | Title: Just The Luck O' The Crimson | 3/7/1991 | See Source »

Harvard continued to pound the Big Green in the second half, jumping out to a 55-31 lead at the 15:00 mark. The Crimson expanded that lead to 30 points, 67-37, but then suffered a shooting drought in which it did not score a basket for nearly nine minutes...

Author: By Peter I. Rosenthal, | Title: W. Cagers Dominate Dartmouth, 74-64 | 3/6/1991 | See Source »

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