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...benefits of hydrogen have not been lost on one group of U.S. researchers. Engineers working on the proposed National Aerospace Plane say that hydrogen is the only combustible that ignites fast enough to boost the craft to orbital velocity, roughly 25 times the speed of sound. The frigid fuel could also be used in a cooling system to keep the plane from burning up during its fiery re-entry into the atmosphere. Test flights are scheduled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Cool Fuel | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...incidents, at the Geneva summit in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev seemed to be getting the better of Reagan in quotesmanship, Speakes recalled in a phone interview last week. As he rode along frigid Lake Geneva in his car, he searched his notes for a good Reagan quote to feed the ravenous media. He knew Reagan's reasons for going to the summit. He knew he could put them into words the President would approve. Propelled by the intensity of the moment and his sense of power, he slid into deceit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Speaking out of Turn | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

Quote of the Week:"I haven't had this much fun since the pigs ate my brother," said Harvard's Trainer Dick Emerson at a frigid Soldiers Field during Harvard's doubleheader against Norhteastern...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Court Calling | 4/8/1988 | See Source »

...last, a happy twist. After a 17-year struggle with decrepit equipment, bad management and public disdain, Amtrak has come into its own. Most of the filthy, ever late, steamy-in-summer, frigid-in-winter rattletraps that Amtrak inherited at birth in 1970 have finally been refurbished or retired. Last year for the first time, Amtrak covered its above-rail operating costs. Its 2,400 cars rolled along 24,000 miles of track in 43 states, carrying 21 million passengers, 12% more than the previous year. "You can't get sleeping accommodations for the summer going west," says Chicago Travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: America Gets Back on Track | 4/4/1988 | See Source »

...house; they can't afford the education. It's more jobs, more work, less income, more debt." In any case, Gephardt does not have the luxury of tailoring his appeal to New England voters. Even though an oil-import fee is wildly unpopular in these frigid climes, Gephardt must hold his ground in a belated effort to demonstrate ideological consistency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battling for The Post-Liberal Soul | 2/22/1988 | See Source »

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