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...nomination (after a nominating speech by political newcomer Ronald Reagan) and ran, forthrightly, as Goldwater. He proposed to make Social Security voluntary and eliminate farm subsidies, positions his party would not dare to suggest again seriously for almost three decades. He supported giving nato field commanders the authority to launch nuclear weapons. On Election Day, Goldwater was crushed, getting just 39% of the vote. The G.O.P. lost two seats in the Senate, 37 in the House. It was a sign of Bob Dole's popularity in his district that he managed to hold onto his House seat, though by just...
...Johnson Space Center, meanwhile, researchers are back at their instruments, gathering ammunition for what could be a long battle with their critics in the scientific community. "We feel we can already see a cell wall," says NASA's Gibson hopefully. NASA administrators were also busy, re-examining their scientific launch schedule, which includes two missions to Mars before the end of the year, and coyly suggesting that final confirmation may require sending rovers--and perhaps even people--to gather samples for closer analysis...
...then that Mars' and Earth's orbital pas de deux around the sun brings the two planets close enough to make the trip practical. The next window opens this fall, and NASA intends to take advantage of it. Between Nov. 6 and Dec. 31, the space agency will launch two missions to Mars. The first, the Mars Global Surveyor, is an orbiter that will arrive in September 1997 and spend at least four months circling the planet and mapping its geology and climate. Despite its small size (10 ft. tall; 2,300 lbs.), the spacecraft carries quite an instrument load...
...when most people retire, these former U.N. officials have spent their golden years running Trickle Up, a program they founded to launch businesses in underdeveloped areas. In the past 17 years, they have jump-started 52,000 enterprises in 113 countries by funneling grants directly to impoverished families. Says Mildred: "There is a way to end poverty by helping people help themselves up the economic ladder...
...trying to put together a strategy to launch changes and talk to the DOD," Gallop says. "We're taking it one step at a time. It's a...complex process, and we want to carry out our actions appropriately...