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...launch time was perhaps the best-kept secret of the mission. Many other details had been leaked to the press, prompting the Pentagon to start an investigation of the alleged security breach. The shuttle's main cargo was a military intelligence satellite called a SIGINT (for "signals intelligence"), which is able to intercept electronic messages. The 6,000- lb. bird was to be spring-ejected from the shuttle, then rocket-propelled into a geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above the equator. The satellite will allow the U.S. to eavesdrop on traffic between Moscow and Soviet missile command centers. Using radar...
Cornell could have one of the Ivy League's best-kept secrets in Detrick Harmon's replacement...
...money, the Eagle offense--including Montgomery and quarterback Ron Jaworski--is overrated. But Philly's defense is one of the best-kept secrets in football, especially its linebacking crew...
...Pentagon, where Reagan plans a huge military buildup. Moreover, Weinberger's firsthand knowledge of weapons and military strategy apparently is confined to whatever he picked up poring over Defense Department budgets eight to ten years ago; his current views on those subjects will remain among Washington's best-kept secrets until his confirmation hearings begin next month...
...Savoy) "We give away more copies than we sell," moans a Savoy publicist. Too bad, because these nine double discs should be anything but the best-kept secret in Rock & Roll...