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Special computer programs can identify stress points in the sail. "We can actually fly a sail in the computer in a scenario comparable to the winds off San Diego," says Tom Whidden, a longtime Stars & Stripes crew member who runs North Sail, one of the world's largest sailmaking firms. Space-age materials developed in the 1980s have replaced canvas because they are much lighter and allow the sail to stretch less with the wind. The latest sails include laminated polymers and woven fibers that offer greater strength and can maintain sail shape better in all directions, making the sail...
...victory. Once the race is under way, the sailors will use global position systems to help track their course, and sensors to measure velocity. Onboard computers will supply a steady stream of data on boat performance, wind and sea conditions and other information to aid the crew in trimming, tacking and changing sail directions...
...rode into space only half an hour behind schedule last week, on a mission to rescue a misplaced satellite and to give astronauts some space-walking practice. It was the first flight for the new $2 billion craft, a replacement for the Challenger, which blew up and killed its crew of seven in January...
...Cambridge Furniture Bank, run by Macy DeLong, a former research associate in the Harvard biology department, has worked with the University's Dorm Crew office since 1989. Previously, dorm crew workers threw out any furniture left in student rooms at the end of the year...
Second, and more importantly, the HRDC Executive Board was never involved with the disputes among the cast and crew of Mirandolina. The Board never discussed the issue, passed any judgment or made any statements about the conflict...