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...million miles from the earth, NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft suddenly found itself under assault. Late in January, the tiny, instrument-packed spacecraft was buffeted by an exceptionally powerful burst of particles spewed out by the sun. In the space-environment control room at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headquarters in Boulder, Colo., alarms sounded. "All of a sudden, a blast wave of solar wind showed up at the ACE spacecraft," says NOAA's Joe Hirman, "as dense as any we've seen, and, bam, 30 minutes later the earth's magnetic field got hit hard...
...love late bloomers. Knowing that Grandma Moses first picked up a paintbrush at 76 or that Ray Kroc launched the world's largest fast-food chain at 52 plants tiny seeds of hope in each of us ordinary mortals that we may one day burst into flower too. And if experts are correct, we may just have a chance. Life expectancy has increased some 30 years during the past century, and much of that time, it seems, has been added not to the end of our life but to the middle, extending the time we live as healthy, active adults...
...uphill fight, time spent in Europe, even the intercession of Eleanor Roosevelt, for her to triumph over discrimination in the U.S. It was only when she was refused a booking at Constitution Hall, the headquarters of the D.A.R., that Anderson, a singer of classical music, opera and spirituals, burst into the national consciousness. By the time she died in 1993, at 96, the baby contralto had become a national icon. Alas, Keiler's book is so exhaustive that it is exhausting, likely to wear out everyone but serious students of music...
...straight. An officer in a yellow inmate outfit and red helmet and pads begins shouting in cell 3C06, as if he's a convict gone berserk. On cue, four officers in riot gear march to the door of the cell and shout, "Ready and stop!", before one unleashes a burst of pepper spray. Then they rush in, pinning the prisoner to the wall, handcuffing and evacuating...
...Come Out Now!" about the end of the world that wasn't [2000 AROUND THE WORLD, Jan. 1], I can only say that if gun-toting, food-hoarding, radio-monitoring folks were the only people who survived the New Year, I would have gladly gone up in a burst of the year 2000! JAN HATCHARD West Chester...