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...advocates argue that the pursuit of scientific knowledge is not what manned spaceflight is all about. No, it's about humanity transcending its current planetary limits. And it's about astronauts sailing through the blackness of space and walking on the surface of new worlds, just as Christopher Columbus did half a millennium...
...Over the Columbus Day weekend the squad competed in a Sectional tournament that featured collegiate and post-collegiate club teams from all around the New England area. The Disciples finished with a 2-2 record but failed to advance to the Regionals...
...thousands of individuals from almost 2,000 communities and tribes. And to ensure a degree of "purity," the study was confined to groups that were in their present locations as of 1492, before the first major migrations from Europe began -- in effect, a genetic snapshot of the world when Columbus sailed for America...
...engine Jetstream turboprop, the smallest type flown by American Eagle. Fifteen of 20 people on board died. A larger American Eagle craft crashed in Indiana Oct. 31, killing all 68 aboard. A Jetstream 41 -- similar to the plane in the North Carolina accident -- crashed Jan. 7 near Columbus, Ohio, killing five people; authorities believed pilot error caused...
...certain Harvard students, Columbus Day weekend was just really long...