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...stooped, in an unpressed civilian suit and floppy hat. From hats to shoes, all white, the two of them. All white, too, is a model of "Little Boy" lying on the floor--120 in. long, 28 in. in diameter, nearly 9,000 lbs.--looking like a small, friendly Moby Dick. Another striking figure in the museum is that of "Plastic Man," described as "one of the most popular of all the laboratory's residents during the 1950s." The transparent dummy was used to test levels of radiation on human beings after an atomic blast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the Physicist Saw: A New World, A Mystic World | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...first man on the moon and "the last guy at Edwards to take any advice from a military pilot," ignores a warning and sticks his aircraft in mud. Yeager's comment on Richard Bong, a former fighter ace who died because he neglected to switch on a fuel pump: "Dick wasn't interested in homework...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Breaking the Celebrity Barrier: YEAGER | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Lithgow is best known for his role as extraterrestrial-in-disguise Dr. Dick Solomon on NBC’s late-1990s sitcom “3rd Rock From the Sun,” But the 59-year-old actor has also performed in over 30 major motion pictures, received four Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe, appeared in countless stage productions, and won two Tony Awards...

Author: By Abe J. Riesman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Actor Lithgow To Speak at Commencement | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

...Once you get it going, it’s difficult [to be stopped],” Wildcats coach Dick Umile said. “We kept it down there and kept them moving. I don’t think it had anything to do with us being in better condition than them. It was just good composure with the puck...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Ousted In First Round | 4/4/2005 | See Source »

Governors and mayors across the country are lining up political firepower to keep their military bases--and the jobs and income they generate--off the Bush Administration's hit list. Florida Governor Jeb Bush is paying a team of lobbyists, including former House majority leader Dick Armey, $50,000 a month to help fortify his state's 21 installations. Presumably, Jeb has George's cell number, but Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is the chief bullet biter. That's why California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger buttonholed him at January's presidential Inauguration; the Golden State has 62 bases to protect. The Governator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting The Ax | 4/3/2005 | See Source »

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