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From the very start, the mission seemed to have been somewhat jinxed. The launch, postponed and rescheduled five times, was even delayed during the final countdown when a cargo ship steamed into the area of the Atlantic Ocean where the booster rocket was expected to fall. The mission's thorniest problems, however, began the day following takeoff, 15 hours after the successful launch of a Canadian-owned communications satellite. The difficulty arose when the crew deployed a second satellite, a LEASAT communications instrument under lease to the Navy and insured for $85 million. The 20-ft.-long, 7½-ton cylinder...
...ECONOMIZE Check which icons appear in the systems tray, located in the lower right-hand corner of your screen. Those are some of the programs that launch automatically every time you boot up. Too much running at once drags everything down, so disable what you don't need by right clicking and resetting the preferences...
...Highland spirits?connoisseurs, distillery bosses and learned writers on whisky?as well as sip stocks from distilleries that are no longer in business. Many of these discontinued whiskies are becoming depleted, so it's a chance to taste rare malts before they're gone forever. Some major distilleries also launch new malts to coincide with the festival...
...need is to mobilize women and put these issues at the top of the political agenda." It seems that Schyman, a former Left Party leader who once infamously compared Swedish men to the Taliban, has hit a nerve with the Swedish electorate. Polls taken just after the party's launch last week suggest FI could take 7% of the vote in the next national election in September 2006 - not only leaching support from small left-wing parties, but also the ruling Social Democrats ( SDP). Marita Ulvskog, Social Democratic Party secretary, fears that the FI could steal votes from the left...
There were some moments of reflection. But the Oscar nomination is just something to build upon. Hopefully, it's the launch sequence...