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Soviet scientists and cosmonauts may have left their frustrated U.S. counterparts behind for now, but Kremlin military brass are hardly breathing any easier. American military space technology still far surpasses that of the Soviets. U.S. KH-11 satellites have sent back such detailed photographs of the Soviets' Krasnoyarsk radar site in Siberia that even the recent inspection by U.S. Congressmen added little to what was known. U.S. monitoring systems follow Soviet naval ships around the world and may eventually be able to spot Soviet submarines underwater. U.S. satellites can track mobile Soviet ICBMs, and would be instrumental in verifying Moscow...
...race, the Crimson tried to execute a classic cross country strategy--staying together in a pack. "It's a lot easier running in a pack," said junior captain Brian Cann. "[But] the Penn team did exactly what we wanted to do." Penn broke the race open as the runners headed into the woods at roughly the one-mile mark...
This September Columbia began to implement a new $25 million scholarship program intended to make it easier for minorities to pursue careers in academia. Under the program, the undergraduate debts of Columbia doctorates will be substantially wiped out by the university. Those who receive their Ph.D.s elsewhere will have half their debts paid. Because Columbia is half the size of Harvard, as the dean of Columbia College noted, the gift is the equivalent of $50 million here...
Amid all this apparent vigilance, America's 112 million workers should be able to breathe easier, knowing that Uncle Sam is doing everything possible to ensure safer plants, factories, agricultural fields and offices. But perhaps not. The headline-grabbing cases imply that a watchful eye is being cast toward workers' safety; nonetheless, the companies involved were slapped mostly for keeping poor records of injuries and illnesses. This year's proposed fines, ranging from $477,000 for Ford to $2.59 million for IBP, were the highest ever levied by OSHA, but the penalties posed little financial hardship for the companies. Critics...
...with Sam). When we caught up with him again this summer, he was on a train bound for glory, he hoped, rushing a gubernatorial candidate through 29 whistle- stops, roughly circumscribing the state of Louisiana in four days. Sam's wife Nita wishes he would take it a little easier...