Word: knighting
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...license, which was given to a California company headed by aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan, represents "a big step" toward space tourism, said FAA spokesman Henry Price. Rutan's craft, dubbed SpaceShipOne, was successfully tested on Dec. 17 last year. It reaches high altitudes slung beneath the belly of White Knight, an ungainly jet aircraft, before being launched into space. The craft is competing for the $10 million "X Prize" for the first private team to send three humans to an altitude of 100 kilometers twice within two weeks. "If we are successful, our program will mark the beginning...
Rivers took it out on the golf ball, not the players. In today's game, screamers like Bob Knight earn more enmity than respect. According to both coaches and stress experts, volcanoes shouldn't be welcome in the white-collar world either. "Every time you embarrass a player on the sideline or in a huddle, it's a mistake," says Jim O'Brien, who quit as Boston Celtics coach in January after new general manager Danny Ainge traded away several of his favorite players. "You have to be man enough to apologize." That doesn't mean...
...reporting the outcome of the games doesn’t even begin to do justice to all that transpired for Harvard down in Bobby Knight country this weekend. During a Saturday tripleheader featuring a 25-20 win over Air Force and 30-8 and 18-6 losses at the hands of Texas Tech, Harvard set all-time records for runs scored and runs allowed before sophomore Frank Herrmann stabilized things for the pitching staff with a 5-1 complete game victory on Sunday...
...just the chairman of Microsoft and the richest man in the world, with $46 billion in his bank account. Later this year the Queen of England will make Bill Gates a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his philanthropic work. TIME's Lev Grossman caught up with him on a speaking tour of college campuses...
...Dolphins have one of the best running backs in Ricky Williams and a star-studded defense filled with All-Pros Jason Taylor, Sam Madison, Sammy Knight, Junior Seau, Zach Thomas, and Patrick Surtain—all have been consistent Pro Bowlers...