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...Pokhran, 100 men work in slow motion; any burst of activity at the site would be noticed by the satellites. The more than 700-ft.-deep shafts into which five nuclear devices will be dropped have already been drilled back in the early 1990s, but there are cables to hitch and instruments to set up. Luckily, seasonal sandstorms broom away telltale tracks of vehicles. Every day India's space scientists calculate how long a "blind spot" will open up for workers when the trajectories of two advanced Lacrosse and two KH-12 satellites take their electronic eyes away from Pokhran...
...enormous cost. One reward for entering the public sphere is being able to set the agenda. When you feel strongly about an issue, whether it be the grape boycott, a multicultural student center or the park in Quincy Square, you can get people concerned about it and possibly hitch a caravan to your lead...
...they all promised to put me in touch with big-shots at major investment firms. I came away from those initial conversations in January with optimism about the summer, and a vigorous faith in my future as a rapacious capitalist. But, my ambitious plans soon encountered one minor hitch. Not one of my contacts ever got back...
DIED. JIMMIE ALBRIGHT, 82, fly-fishing adviser to the famous--among them, Ernest Hemingway and Jimmy Stewart; in Islamorada, Fla. Albright's other contributions to the sport were more tangible: he invented the nail knot and a hitch called the Albright special...
...gusty wind and intense cloud-cover over Florida frustrated the Shuttle Atlantis' attempts to return Foale to Earth Sunday. NASA instructed the seven-member shuttle crew to stay aloft an extra day and try to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida late Monday. It wasn't the only hitch in space traffic: back on Mir, a cargo ship docking was delayed Monday...