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...read that the aviation manager of Denver International is driving to his holiday destination in the Tetons made me uneasy and told me more about airport security than anything else. MAUREEN CHRISTIANSON San Antonio, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 5, 2002 | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

...University of Wisconsin's public relations representative Erik A. Christianson, who is currently in Washington attending the court hearing, said his university has stood by its policy regarding the activity fee because it feels the funds have helped "create a forum for free speech" on campus...

Author: By Alex B. Ginsberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: High Court Will Rule on College Fees Case | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

...promise made to his dying father that he would study law rather than science (he also took up literature and Spanish). On his return to America, he took a position as a high school Spanish teacher. Though he was popular with students--especially, according to Hubble biographer Gale Christianson, with the girls, who were evidently charmed by his affected British diction and "Oxford mannerisms"--Hubble longed to return to science...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astronomer Edwin Hubble | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

...million light-years away, far beyond the bounds of the Milky Way. It's now known to be the full-fledged galaxy closest to our own in a universe that contains tens of billions of galaxies. "I do not know," Shapley wrote Hubble in a letter quoted by biographer Christianson, "whether I am sorry or glad to see this break in the nebular problem. Perhaps both." (Hubble was not entirely magnanimous in victory. To the end he insisted on using the term nebulae instead of Shapley's preferred galaxies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Astronomer Edwin Hubble | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

However, Rosenberg's crew this year has been far from dominant. Guard Dave Tauber is the only returning starter from last season's 0-9-1 team, while junior center Alan Christianson and sophomore guard David Cromack brought no varsity experience into this season. The starting tackles didn't even play on the offensive line last year--senior Steve Harrison is a converted tight end and junior David Slates used to start at defensive tackle...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Gridders Hope to Save Season at Brown | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

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