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...moon legacy leaves a daunting question. Why can we not find such a national project in today's contentious world that would give us a common purpose? What about a fleet of hypersonic transport planes that would move Moscow and Tokyo as close as Chicago? "Too many hands stirring the pot," says Keith Glennan, the first director of NASA. He remembers the daring and boldness of the leaders back then and fears that those qualities can no longer be found in a political system that seems to honor timidity. Why not health care or welfare reform or the elimination...
...mistake had been fleet, but no one knew how fatal it would be. It was a slip of the mind, a touch of the foot and, suddenly, instead of blocking the ball, Andres Escobar propelled it past his own team's goalie and into Colombia's net. The defensive error gave the U.S. soccer team a 1-0 lead, and eventually a surprise 2-1 victory at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on June 22. For Escobar and the heavily favored Colombians, it led to World Cup elimination and, in the early morning hours near Medellin last Saturday, murder...
...ball through a forest -- you're always going to hit something. We'd win the ball, exploit the space and go out with fast forwards. It's like a fast break in basketball." Ernie Stewart's goal, which put the U.S. up 2-0, was the climax of fleet choreography involving seven intricate passes. Faced with this brisk juggernaut, Colombia turned dyspeptic, seemingly resigned to being humiliated by the U.S. "They deserved the win," wrote a Bogota daily, "as much as we deserved the loss...
...Alan S. Manne '44-'43 found himself abruptly thrust into a position of responsibility aboard the Baltimore, a cruiser in the Pacific fleet...
December 7, 1941 The "day that will live in infamy." The U.S. Pacific fleet and air corps is decimated in the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor...