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...landing, like everything else about the flight of Shuttle 51-D, was slightly behind schedule. Early-morning rains forced an extra-cautious NASA to send the Discovery on an additional orbit and delay its return by some 90 minutes. The touchdown was a bit rough: Discovery blew a tire as it rolled to a stop on the Kennedy Space Center's three-mile-long runway. Upon examination, the ship proved to have suffered more external damage than any previous shuttle--a dinner-plate-size hole near its wingtip and damage to 123 protective tiles. NASA will carefully assess the damage...
...year deal, which came into effect on April 1, was kept secret until Neang Say, 42, blew the whistle. Sitting in his small office next to the killing fields' souvenir shop, he says: "I want the world to know that Cambodia has become a place where they use the bones of the dead to make business...
...holy month of Ramadan, when the partying stops. His crowning achievement came last September, when he won a famous singing contest at Kabul's Park Cinema. That day, Mirwais appeared in an immaculate white suit, handling the audience with the insouciance of a mite-sized Sinatra. His performance blew the other contestants off the stage...
With both teams swiping at the puck, still hovering in the crease, the officials blew the play dead. The referees proceeded to the official scorer’s booth, where they studied the film for several moments before ruling that there was not conclusive evidence to allow the goal...
...Lawrence blew past a listless Dartmouth team 5-1 in the third-place game at the Frozen Four March 27. The consolation contest, held prior to the final featuring Harvard, pitted the semifinal losers and ECAC rivals against each other in their fourth meeting of the year...