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...Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better": Two weekends ago, sophomore Jamie Irving started and won two games against Yale. He was victorious with his right hand on Saturday and with his left hand on Sunday, a feat that made this week's USA Today Baseball Weekly...
...will not be overcoming the hurdle that parliament set up when it approved the poll: a requirement that he win a yes from a majority of all eligible voters in Russia. That adds up to more than 53 million of the country's 106 million qualified adults -- an impossible feat for any politician in a democracy. By the Russian parliament's standard, no U.S. President could have made it to the White House. When he ran for President in 1991, Yeltsin captured 60% of the votes cast -- but even that landslide represented only 43% of the electorate...
...parts don't slide easily into place, or if the solar panels refuse to unfurl after the work is done, the Hubble could be worse off than before the mission. Says Princeton astronomer Edwin Turner: "It's a tremendous gamble. If it succeeds, it will be a really impressive feat. Or they could leave us with a nonfunctional spacecraft." And a sharply diminished faith in NASA's ability to explore the last frontier...
WOULD YOU PAY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING YOU don't need, don't want and won't use? If you're an American taxpayer, you may have no choice. Israel has staged a successful rocket launch with its ARROW anti-tactical missile system, a feat that will help bolster arguments that U.S. funding of the Israeli / project should continue. To strengthen Israel's security, the U.S. has spent $126 million on the Arrow and plans to pick up two-thirds of the projected $322 million in future development costs. The U.S. has no plans to purchase the system...
NOTES: Harvard freshman goalie Tripp Tracy finished the regular-season as the top goalie in the ECAC a feat Allain Roy '92 accomplished the year he led Harvard (along with fellow goalie Chuckie Hughes '92) to the NCAA championship. Tracy finished with a 2-46 goals-against-average in 12 games, making him the top contender for ECAC rookie of the year honors...Classmate Aaron Israel finished fifth in goal-keeping, with a 2.89 goals-against-average...Clarkson senior Hugo Belanger led the Golden Knights to a three-point weekend, including a come-from-behind victory over Brown Saturday night...