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...just 500 ft. apart. At 10,000 ft. the sky is an inkwell, and the primary and back-up heading systems are out. The radar works sporadically, and even when it does function, it provides tunnel vision, off to one side. The only dependable navigation aid is a simple compass, just like the ones people stick on the dashboards of their cars...
...that scientists consider the most exciting. Says the University of Zurich's Charles Weissmann, 50, who last year became the first scientist to make bacteria produce a facsimile of human interferon: "Biology has become as unthinkable without gene-splicing techniques as sending an explorer into the jungle without a compass...
...combat. Five have been killed; one was posthumously awarded the Honoris Crux, one of the highest military decorations. Their tracking skills have introduced a new element to the counterinsurgency tactics. "They have fantastic eyesight," says a South African lieutenant, "and they can navigate in the bush without a compass or map." The Bushmen, in fact, were given their name, "Bosman," by 17th century Dutch settlers because of their ability to use the brushy landscape for their own protection. In admiration of the skills the Bushman has acquired from millenniums of hunting game, one lieutenant observes, "For the Bushman, tracking...
When confronted with this information before a public meeting of the School Committee, Wiley indicated that he had, by letter, previously informed the School Committee that Compass had intended to hire an administrator from the Cambridge School System to protect the school facility. When David Holway, a member of the School Committee, retrieved Wiley's earlier written correspondence, no such intention was stated...
...certain city officials to "down-zone" the area and to take other action to prevent expansion. These concerns have, in my firm opinion, been made known to city officials in a position to plead for more cooperation from Lesley, as the reversal of their decision to withdraw the Compass Program might be an example of such cooperation...