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With distance runners Kate Wiley, Co-Captain Amy Simon, and Leslie Cooper--who all ran last week--also competing, the Crimson should be the favorite in the tri-meet and a victory this weekend could be the moraic booster the squad needs...
...shuttle can only climb to 500 miles, while many of the most important satellites are 22,300 miles up in geostationary orbit-that is, rotating with the earth and staying at a fixed point in the heavens. To put satellites into the higher orbit, the shuttle uses a satellite booster to fire them farther into space...
...there were reports of an enormous but still unacknowledged disaster: a giant Soviet booster was said to have exploded on the launchpad, killing hundreds of technicians, along with high-ranking Soviet military officers...
...nine years behind the U.S. in advanced computer technology. Today that lag is only about three or four years. Western intelligence sources say that a determined push by the Soviets has brought them close to achieving two of their long-cherished goals: a space shuttle and a super-booster for launching huge modules that would make up a large, complex space station. American reconnaissance satellites have photographed two big new boosters on the launchpads at Tyuratam and new runways for the shuttle. A congressional study describes the Salyut missions as "the cornerstone of an official policy which looks not only...
...Communist country. But as both parties held primaries last week to nominate candidates for the Senate seat vacated by ailing Democrat Paul Tsongas, there were signs that the political winds were shifting. In a stunning upset, Political Neophyte Raymond Shamie, a conservative Republican businessman and unabashed Reagan booster, trounced former Attorney General Elliot Richardson, a progressive with a mile-long resume of public service, by an astounding 24 points (62% to 38%). Said Boston Political Consultant Michael Goldman...