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...required that nasa purchase, "for no more than $35 million,'' a Texas property known as the Clear Lake Development Facility, currently owned by aerospace giant McDonnell Douglas. The measure had been quietly inserted into the bill, after it had passed the House and the Senate, by Republican Senator Kit Bond of Missouri, where McDonnell Douglas is based, and by House whip Delay, in whose suburban Houston district the property is located. A second provision, inserted by Mississippi lawmakers, called on nasa to give its 1,200-acre Yellow Creek Facility near Iuka, Mississippi, to that state-along with $10 million...
Hard times: first 14-year-old MACAULAY CULKIN hit "that awkward age"; now his parents are splitting up. Mother Patricia Brentrup has been granted temporary custody of six of the children she had with Kit Culkin. Brentrup claims Culkin is jeopardizing the children's careers by withholding his consent for them to work in movies...
...frequent. The terrain is excellent for hiding, however. O'Grady had crashed in a cave-pocked, densely forested region used during World War II for that purpose by partisans evading the Nazis. The downed flyer had soon consumed the eight 4-oz. packs of water in his emergency kit. But he was able to catch rain in Ziploc plastic bags and at one point tried to squeeze water out of his wet woolen socks, without much luck. He found sustenance by eating leaves, grass and ants-but not too many of the latter. "They're hard to catch," he reported...
...survival kit strapped under the seat of O'Grady's F-16 contained a first-aid kit, a few flares, some radio batteries and a 9-mm pistol, among other items. In his vest, O'Grady also had an "evasion chart" -- a waterproof map with pointers on how to survive in northwestern Bosnia, including cues for edible plants such as dandelion, licorice root and nettle. His most important asset was a 28-oz. PRC-112, a survival radio, barely larger than a Walkman, that can operate for as long as seven hours on a single battery and can broadcast...
...received subpoenas to cooperate with an investigation into anticompetitive practices. At issue: Microsoft plans to "bundle" its Microsoft Network with its new Windows 95 software in August -- a move that could quickly put all rivals at an unfair disadvantage by providing 20 million Windows users with the startup kit for the new online software.TIME senior technology editor Philip Elmer-DeWittsays the new investigation indicates that Justice is dead serious about preventing that outcome. "Microsoft argues that the government should not get involved. By stepping up the competitive pressure, Microsoft could help lower prices." By providing Microsoft Network to several times...