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...version of the Super Bowl. Between 1997 and 2002, the Russians and the Americans, with help from the European Space Agency, Canada and Japan, intend to build an international space station, the $40 billion Alpha. The elaborate station is to be assembled in orbit, and the purpose of the joint shuttle-Mir missions is to develop techniques that will enable spacewalkers to become a construction crew. Said Thagard: "Mir is a test bed, a proving ground, a place for us to work out all the bugs and kinks...
Today, and tomorrow, any ambitious entertainment outfit must be an all-purpose, universal-joint conglomerate--for two big reasons. First, the media are converging, one on top of the other, even as the computer, phone line and TV screen are converging into the brave new integrated system of tomorrow. Second, the globalization of the U.S. entertainment industry is roaring forward unabated, making Hollywood an exhilarating, sky's-the-limit export factory...
Supporters of the effort to draftformer Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powellas a Republican presidential candidate are meeting in New Hampshire tonight to coordinate efforts to get him on the 1996 primary ballot there...
Critics caricature affirmative-action goals as quotas largely for blacks and women that deprive white males of jobs. The latest statistics, however, do not bear that out. A report obtained by TIME from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington shows that affirmative-action programs have had "some positive effects" in opening new opportunities for blacks, but that the measurable benefits in terms of wages and employment have been "quite small." The report concludes, "While affirmative action can be an effective policy tool, its impact is related to the vigor with which it's enforced." Its efficacy...
Remember that skanky joint "Broadway Liquors?" Well, luckily for our sore eyes, it's gone bye-bye. The building, recently renovated and sufficiently cleaned up, now houses the Broadway Market Place. When I first walked through the green double doors, I was shocked by the stylin' decor and the soothing music of Magic 106.7. Small round tables made of light oak lined the front windows on either side, a perfect sport for an intimate brunch or an intellectual rendezvous. And the aroma of freshly brewed coffee from Starbucks next door eased my tensions...