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...Ryumin, who in three trips spent just short of a year in space. Writes Ryumin of his shaky introduction to space travel: "Looking into the mirror I fail to recognize myself. I feel dizzy, nauseous. My movements lack coordination. I keep bumping into things, mostly with my head. Objects float away from my hands. Chaos in a teapot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: A Final Salute to Salyut 6 | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...President had been sort of hoping that someone would, well, just donate a boat, accepting the nation's thanks and the tax deduction. No one volunteered, so, for now, the White House has given up trying to find a presidential yacht on which Ronald and Nancy Reagan can float down the Potomac on summer evenings, dancing with friends or lobbying Congressmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Keeping Up the Presidential Style | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

...renovated Bright Hockey Center ($2.9 million); Blodgett Pool ($4 million) and the Indoor Track and Tennis Building ($4 million). Now in the works is the reconstruction of Briggs Cage, which will include two basketball courts and a first-of-its-kind astro-turf rug which Reardon says will "float out" of its nine-foot deep pit supported...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Behind the Walls, Under the Floor | 6/4/1981 | See Source »

...When we float bonds, we advertise this as the University city. That's how people know us," Crane said, adding, "I think we're going too far on this thing...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: City Asks More Control On Institutional Growth | 5/20/1981 | See Source »

...Society Jazz Band bass drum jolts the chattering crowd outside the Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home into a brief silence. The casket is coming out. Boom! A second shot signals the stricken cadence of a dirge. The white gloves of the pallbearers flash in the morning sun as they float their burden to the silver-gray Cadillac hearse. The main party of mourners, a score or so, fit themselves into several cars waiting in line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Louisiana: Jazzman's Last Ride | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

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