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Saturday morning, we took a final panoramic picture of the Quad before my mom embarked in "the Bathtub" for the drive back to Maryland. Although I had anticipated turning immediately to my paper following her departure, I sat for a long time after she drove off reflecting on the blessing of having a mother who continued to be interested and involved in my life...
Unlucky or not, this is the worst losing streak for the launch industry in the past 13 years, since the Challenger explosion drove skittish customers away. And with each new pratfall the domestic fleet suffers, the U.S. share of the launch market looks shakier still. In the 1980s, the U.S. controlled 75% of the world's commercial-launch business; that figure is now about 45%, with new competitors on the horizon. "Until Lockheed and Boeing sort out the glitches," warns Marco Caceres, an analyst for the Teal Group in Fairfax, Va., "they are not going to compete...
...while I can never understand the full extent of the madness that drove some in Los Angeles to camp outside of the Mann's Chinese Theater for three weeks, or which inspired international fans to fly to the United States next week just so that they can see it before it opens abroad in July, the excitement in the air is contagious. My only hope is that all the hype has not constructed a reputation for "The Phantom Menace" that it cannot possibly live up to. The trilogy wasn't great because it was popular or because it made...
Olivia and I lounged in the grass in front of Lionel Hall, for hours before and after dinner. She dragged me, practically kicking and screaming, onto the T for the first time. Her family took me in as another daughter. They drove us to Salisbury Beach, where I shivered with cold and yelled about the value of southern Texas waters as she and her brothers happily swam, polar bear-like, around me. We rented "So I Married an Axe Murderer" more times than I care to admit, and would frighten tourist groups in the Yard by reciting (loudly...
...outs preserved Harvard's three-run comeback in the previous half-inning, when freshman designated hitter Faiz Shakir drove in the tying and championship-winning runs on a single to left field with the bases loaded...