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Before Edmund Halley (pronounced Hal-ee) identified them in 1705 as periodic visitors to the inner solar system, comets were widely viewed as omens of disaster. Astronomers now look upon them as primordial chunks of matter that offer clues to the solar system's formation. The budget-conscious U.S. has bowed out of the race to intercept Halley's comet with a robot spacecraft, thus leaving the field to the Soviets, Western Europeans and Japanese. But NASA plans a relatively cheap ($2 million) alternative: diverting an unmanned ship already in orbit for an inspection of a comet called...
Dominica (pronounced Dom-in-ee-ka) will need it all, and probably more. Apart from bananas, limes and, that Caribbean rarity, fresh water from its more than 300 rivers, the island does not have a lot going for it. Even the banana trade has mottled, due to a worldwide glut. Unemployment hovers around 20% and is particularly devastating among youth...
...into a yellow-striped Cessna 172 owned by Gibbs Flite Center at Montgomery Field, eleven miles northeast of Lindbergh Field. Kazy, who had moved to California last year from Youngstown, Ohio, had just obtained a new job flying charter aircraft throughout the West and had asked his fiancéee, Jennifer Lefler, 25, also a flyer, to travel with him as copilot. One of his last scheduled assignments as an instructor was last week's flight. With him was Marine Sergeant David Lee Boswell, 35, who held a commercial pilot's license but wanted to upgrade his certificate...
Iolanthe will be back for the last three performances of the current engagement. In between the D'Oylycarte du jour is offering Pinafore, The Mikado, and The Pirates of Penzance. I saw these ee when the troupe was here two years ago, and all were in good shape--Pinafore, in fact, was well-nigh flawless. We are fortunate to have four feasts served with a fresh and clean D'Oyly...
...might be sweet in St. Loo-ee this summer, too. The Cards have a stacked deck for '78, with a solid pitching staff led by Bob Forsch and John Denny, superstars Garry "Jump Steady" Templeton and Ted "Simba" Simmons, and the best-fielding infield in the major leagues (you could look...