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...beginning of the age of the astronauts, taking humankind into outer space. His XS-1 had accelerated to Mach 1.06, or 700 m.p.h. That night Yeager fixed his buddies a pitcher of martinis to celebrate. But the world would have to wait to learn of Yeager's feat. It was all top secret until Aviation Week broke the story in December. The government wouldn't come around to confirming it had happened until May 1948. --By Cathy Booth Thomas
Only John Harkness ’38 (175 lbs.) has ever been able to accomplish such a feat, though Jantzen’s third place finish last year is the best Crimson finish in the NCAA tournament since John Lee came third...
...nonetheless a dazzling example of the power of politically charged cinema. Probably the most talked-about film of the year, Bowling for Columbine effectively condenses nearly a decade of American history into a digestible, moving meditation on the sources of American gun violence. That’s no small feat. Bowling for Columbine screens...
...entirely voluntary student production, Eugene Onegin is an incredible feat of staging, organization and musicianship. The opera is three hours long and consists of seven different scenes, making staging even more challenging. But the crew still manages to create a cohesive, well-paced and entertaining production...
...stock-market returns were on the verge of a dramatic and long-lasting slowdown--a writer at Barron's stated what many were thinking: "Warren Buffett may be losing his magic touch." As the Internet craze mounted through the '90s, Buffett had become a renowned technophobe. But consider this feat: during the past three grueling bear-market years, Berkshire stock has soared nearly 40%. Those remarkable returns came during a period when hundreds of companies went bankrupt and millions of investors, including honchos like Bernie Ebbers at WorldCom, were wiped...