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...most convinced antis are James Beck, head of the department of art history at Columbia University; Alexander Eliot, a former art critic of TIME; and Alessandro Conti, a Florentine historian of restoration technique who published a book on the issue. Eliot makes the ridiculous claim that "nearly half of the Sistine ceiling has already been reduced to postcard quality." Beck sees the cleaning as a "dangerous step, taken without real knowledge or adequate cultural background." Eliot compares the cleaning to the shuttle disaster; Beck, to Chernobyl...
...government operation that I believe is basically a welfare program for aeronautical engineers. After a hiatus of 2 1/2 years, NASA engineers launched the Discovery shuttle and encountered the same problem?falling insulation foam from the external fuel tank during lift-off?that doomed the previous shuttle, the Columbia, in 2003. NASA's engineers, managers and technicians should refund to the government the full amount of their salaries and benefits for the past 2 1/2 years. Rod Rawson Miami...
...government operation that I believe is basically a welfare program for aeronautical engineers. After a hiatus of 21⁄2 years, nasa engineers launched the Discovery shuttle and encountered the same problem - falling insulation foam from the external fuel tank during lift-off - that doomed the previous shuttle, the Columbia, in 2003! nasa's engineers, managers and technicians should refund to the government the full amount of their salaries and benefits for the past 21⁄2 years. Rod Rawson Miami Now that the Discovery shuttle is safely back on Earth, I hope you will give nasa the credit...
...floodwaters rose in New Orleans last week, a group called Columbia Christians for Life announced that it had discerned God's purpose in the storm: the destruction of the five abortion clinics in the city. The proof was a radar photograph showing that the hurricane "looks like a fetus facing to the left (west) in the womb, in the early weeks of gestation." A photo of a 6-week fetus was helpfully provided for comparison. At the other end of the political spectrum, environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was blaming the hurricane on ... Haley Barbour, the Governor of Mississippi...
Junior James Cobb led the Lions in rushing with 48 yards, while senior Brandon Bowser, who led his team last year with 583 receiving yards, had five grabs for 33 yards. Columbia must entirely replace its ground attack from last season after graduating three senior running backs...