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What's worse, the ill feelings may translate into congressional action. Last week Sun CEO Scott McNealy was on Capitol Hill lobbying House Judiciary chairman Henry Hyde. Orrin Hatch, Hyde's Senate counterpart, has already held a Microsoft hearing, and is likely to hold more next year; Hyde is mulling similar action. "No one company," Hatch has solemnly opined, "should be able to dominate everything in one industry...
Even though all these pets do is take, take, take, at least Tamagotchi is a "pet from outer space," while Sea Monkeys are pets that come in the mail. As the fight ensues, Tamagotchi beeps menacingly, while the Sea Monkeys hatch and tempt hungry gold fish. Neither species is capable of love or anger or true defecation, therefore the battle is a draw...
...struck Mir. Lazutkin seemed to have assumed that the Spektr lab was leaking, and he was trying to seal it off. But what if he had guessed wrong? The noise from the Klaxon prevented Foale from speaking to Lazutkin, so all he could do was finish clearing the Soyuz hatch and then move on to Spektr to help his crewmate. When the Klaxon at last stopped, Foale turned to Lazutkin. "Why are we doing this?" he asked, out of breath...
...Lazutkin said simply. "It was Spektr." Within half an hour, Lazutkin and Foale cleared the cables, unstowed the hatch and slammed the module shut. At one point Foale held the hatch in place by hand like the Dutch boy at the dike. Mir's hemorrhaging at last stopped, but how badly the ship had been hurt was impossible to tell...
...morning of Aug. 21, as Foale lingered by the Soyuz, offering his soon to be former crewmates his not entirely necessary help, Tsibliyev seemed relieved to be going. The Russians strapped themselves in and flashed Foale a smile, and the three men began to work the hatch closed. Just before it sealed completely, Foale felt his eyes well up and looked away. When he looked back, he forced another grin. Lazutkin extended him the pilot's courtesy of pretending he didn't notice the tears. Moments later, the hatch was sealed, and Foale went to the window and watched...