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TECHNOLOGY: Lightweight Launch...
Letterman's second coming in late night has set off a high-stakes scramble. A week after his debut, Chevy Chase will launch his own talk show on the Fox network. A week after that, Conan O'Brien, the tousle-haired comedy writer plucked from obscurity by producer Lorne Michaels, will try to fill Letterman's old chair on NBC. Leno, feeling the competitive heat, has had his mug plastered on billboards around the country, while Arsenio Hall, despite slipping ratings, is still a hip-hop force to reckon with. Add to that Ted Koppel's sturdy (and frequently...
...Stealth ship. Designed by the same Lockheed "skunk works" that built the F-117A Stealth fighter, the ship has sloping angles and a special coating designed to make it nearly invisible to enemy sonar and radar. Such stealthy boats might someday guard the perimeter of carrier groups, covertly launch surface-to-air missiles or make nighttime troop landings all but undetectable...
Inglis admitted to TIME, however, that some aspects of the test might have enhanced the results and made it easier for the interceptor to find its target. The warhead, for example, was preheated before launch to 100 degreesF to provide a clearer infrared signature. The target warhead also carried explosives to increase the detonation and thus assist ground observations. Says a congressional staff member: "Either could have served to skew the tests...
Renting a bunk in a half-empty fraternity house or sleeping in motels, Greg wandered the streets and sometimes attended classes in a daze. "One day in class I decided that President Bush was about to launch a nuclear attack against Russia to confuse the space aliens," Greg remembers. "I rushed out to a phone booth to tell Bush not to do it. I didn't get through." By April, Bob Aller was so concerned that he stormed into the research clinic and confronted Gitlin: "There's something wrong with your methodology. Gregory's sick! He needs help." According...