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...will get within a meter of it." The Orbiter 3 crew hit its target on the fourth day of the journey and sped along in a jet stream at 60 m.p.h. They ventured outside the cabin once, when the balloon descended to 10,000 ft., so that Piccard could chip away at ice that had formed on the cables and the capsule. There were few surprises, and the only irritant was a mysterious buzzing in the cabin. On Day 5, Piccard located--and dispatched--its source: a stowaway mosquito...
...going to have a chip on your shoulder in this business, you'll have no shoulders...
Boxers have been knocked unconscious, paralyzed and even killed in the ring. Last month I met Muhammad Ali, who didn't talk as we sat silently eating chocolate-chip cookies. And the thing that finally made people disgusted with the sport was bad judging...
...Fairchild, Noyce used a new chemical etching method not only to print transistors on silicon wafers but also to lay down tracks between them. Besides eliminating expensive wiring, the new integrated circuits operated much faster. Six months earlier Texas Instruments' Jack Kilby had produced a similar chip, but it was made of germanium, required external wires and was tougher to manufacture. Noyce's chip won the ensuing patent race, but the two friendly rivals were content to regard themselves as co-inventors...
...rounding out the honors for Crimson athletes yesterday was point guard Tim Hill. Yesterday Hill was named a finalist for the 1999 Chip Hilton Award, given to a Division I player who demonstrated personal character both on and off the court...