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...half an hour, I drove the U.S.S. Nebraska, a Trident submarine that can fire nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles. No, correct that. I sat nervously in the inboard seat, my hands gripping the steering wheel in front of me tightly. A young sailor and diving officer behind me actually drove the sub as it sailed under the Atlantic Ocean, telling me every move to make with the "stick," their nickname for the wheel. Steering a nuclear-powered submarine sounds impressive, but on the boat the job usually goes to the crew's junior seamen, some no older than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Person | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...Gore, as the EPA's new administrator. "I was pleased to see a woman with a reputation for being sensitive to civil rights issues become administrator," says Coleman-Adebayo, 48. "I thought she would start a dialogue about the abuses that were occurring inside the agency and try to correct them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the EPA Was Made to Clean Up Its Own Stain — Racism | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

...this one. While on the phone with Prime Minister-elect Sharon to congratulate him on his victory, Bush remarked, "Isn't it funny that I was elected President and you were elected Prime Minister?" Indeed. Though experts note that the correct response would be, "Oh my gosh! We're, like, twinsies!" they also note that Bush should perhaps begin to pay attention to the Middle East--a problem Clinton never...

Author: By Joshua I. Weiner, | Title: False Sense of Security | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

Mazzoleni was absolutely correct on the game's overall significance. A few weeks ago, Harvard was contending for first place--a possibility explored in this column. The February schedule offered a make-or-break run of Cornell, the Beanpot, Dartmouth and Clarkson-St. Lawrence...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Hey, Itsa the Popa | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

...driven by its own buoyancy. The issue is who gave the order to begin the surfacing procedure, on the basis that there was no danger on the surface. That was the ship's command, not the civilians. So at least from what we know right now, it's correct to say that the civilians had no hand in the accident. But of course it looks terrible for the Navy that there were civilians sitting at the controls during an accident that killed nine people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Civilians at Sub's Controls Had No Significance in Killer Crash' | 2/14/2001 | See Source »

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