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Allowing prayer in public schools, the item on the New Right list, has congressional support that is a mile wide but an inch deep. Most legislators say favor finding a way to reverse the Supreme Court decision that school prayers the constitutional separation of and state, but they have never willing to fight strongly enough to such a proposal into law. Helms has a that would do just that; if it comes to a roll call on the House and Senate a majority will probably be unwill to go on record as being opposed to al children to pray...
...Wheaton and Pettit, neither of whom had had extensive experience flying in such weather, never mentioned to the control tower their concern about the ice each saw building up on the wings. Pettit said only to his pilot: "This one's got about a quarter to half an inch [of ice] on it." Despite the unequivocal federal regulation against flying with snow, frost or ice on the wings or engines, they taxied out to take off. Pettit was at the controls. "Slushy runway. Do you want me to do anything special for it or just...
...switches, smaller than a speck that can operate 100 times quicker than today's fastest transistors Scientists are also working on a new computer memory chip that can store 100 million bits of information (enough to hold the complete text of War and Peace) on a wafer an inch square...
...DIXON, men's basketball--A partridge in a pear tree: GWEN GORMAN, co-captain of women's swimming--To have her whole thesis written: LILY PEW women's field hockey, squash and lacrosse--A Walkman tape player; JOE CARRABINO, men's basketball--A 450 SL convertible and a 14-inch vertical leap; TIM PENDERGAST, men's lacrosse--A dinner out; TANIA HUBER women's ice hockey--A new kneecap; CHRIS MITCHELL, men's basketball-Playing time; TRACY KIMMEL, women's ice hockey goalie: Unlimited studio recording time and a hockey sweater; ANITA DIAZ, women's track--A breakfast...
Seven years later, Bogart Jackson lipped his final practice putt before heading to the first tee for yet another attempt to acquire that small card which would permit him to play the pro circuit. He sighed as the ball rimmed the cup and stopped spinning half-an-inch from the hole. This would be his last qualifier, he promised himself. If he didn't make it, he would quit...