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...soil samples. It must be able to find its way around the Martian surface, guided by an advanced artificial- intelligence "brain." It would then deposit the soil samples in a special canister that would be blasted aloft to the Soviet orbiter for the trip home. The 1976 U.S. Viking Lander probes, by contrast, could only radio data from soil samples back from Mars. This time, the samples would be returned to earth aboard the Soviet craft after a period of quarantine, possibly aboard an earth-orbiting space station. Says a NASA official: "It's a scheme that...
...prominent name has joined the ever growing list of beleaguered American farmers and ranchers: Governor Ed Herschler of Wyoming filed for bankruptcy this month, becoming the first sitting Governor in his state to do so. His trouble stems from the 18,500-acre Yellowstone Ranch near Lander, Wyo., which Herschler and three partners bought in 1977 for an estimated $4.5 million to $5 million. After the partners were unable to collect a $1.5 million payment for 3,000 head of cattle they sold in 1981, they were forced to borrow at high interest rates to make debt payments. Meanwhile, beef...
What they all remember most is that dramatic finish to last year's NCAA quarter-final game, which knocked Harvard out of the national championships and sent Beve-lander and the rest of the University of Massachusetts squad on to the NCAA semifinals...
...Timber, Mont., the wind chill factor (a combination of 15-m.p.h. winds and temperatures of 40 below zero) made it feel as if it were -85°. In Minneapolis, the mercury fell to 29° below, the lowest in 82 years. Power failures kept thousands shivering in the dark. Lander, Wyo. (pop. 7,867), was blacked out for twelve hours; owners of wood-burning stoves invited strangers in to share the warmth. Even the Dynasty crowd loosened up under the chill: at the exclusive annual Denver Debutante Ball, hardly an eyebrow was raised when the cellist put a down "jacket...
...seemed that goal would open the flood-gates, but the Dartmouth defense refused to collapse. With just four minutes remaining, the Crimson had apparently broken through again as a Dartmouth fullback fouled by using her hands to block a soft shot by Lander aimed just under the crossbar. The referee, however, failed to call a penalty...