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Journalists vie for a shuttle berth as a Florida Congressman finally comes down and a New Hampshire teacher prepares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Table of Contents Jan. 20, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...competition that will place a writer, editor, broadcaster, photojournalist or even cartoonist on a space-shuttle mission perhaps as early as this fall. The chosen one will join a select group of spacegoing civilians, including Republican Senator Jake Garn of Utah, who flew on Discovery last April; Democratic Congressman Bill Nelson of Florida, who went along on last week's much delayed mission of Columbia; and Social Studies Teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe, picked from 11,400 educators in a similar competition last year, who will lift off at the end of this week aboard Challenger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Dateline: Aboard the Shuttle | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...president of Michigan's Apex Broach & Machinery Co. Peter J. Nord, president of Schauer Manufacturing Corp. in Cincinnati, which makes battery-charging machines, drew loud applause by declaring, "There are going to be people who are dumb and stupid and screw up no matter what we do." Ohio Democratic Congressman Thomas Luken showed up to cheer on the manufacturers. Said he: "Probably no recent issue has snowballed so quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Sorry, Your Policy Is Canceled | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...decisions are being made without proper discussion. Under pressure two weeks ago, the Pentagon said that the cost of the Stealth bomber would be no more than 2% or 3% higher than that of the military's most recent long-range bomber, the B-1B. But according to Oklahoma Congressman Mike Synar, Stealth may cost as much as $600 million a copy, twice the nearly $300 million current price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Programs in the Black | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...single pair of shoes. "I am appalled by the greed," said one nun after her glimpse into the life-style of the rich and famous. "In the palace, I saw all the seven capital sins." Even visitors accustomed to more affluent surroundings were stunned. "Next to Imelda," said Democratic Congressman Stephen Solarz of New York after visiting Malacaņang, "Marie Antoinette was a bag lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Closed Doors | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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