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...Russian Ilyushin 76 cargo plane used for space training, 11 km above the earth. In 2004, eight people redeemed air miles with Space Adventures for these types of flights at the formerly top-secret Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City outside Moscow; that's a giant leap from 2003, when only three people redeemed. Space Adventures' first client was American businessman Dennis Tito, who paid $20 million of his own money to go to the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 2001. It's the ultimate travel high. tel: (1-888) 857-7223; www.spaceadventures.com
...Jerry Jones, dedicated to reviving the glorious tradition of Lambeau and Hutson and Lombardi and Hornung, led by a truly charismatic defensive end (Reggie White) and a throwback quarterback (Brett Favre) who has learned to confine his swashbuckling to the field, the Packers are ready to do the Lambeau Leap into the nation's heart. Their 35-14 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Saturday on the "frozen tundra" of Lambeau Field put them on a collision course to meet their natural rivals, America's Most Wanted, in the N.F.C. Championship Game next Sunday. (The defending Super Bowl champion...
...through Nov. 27. Unlike Wolohojian, who currently teaches History of Art and Architecture 171w: “Edgar Degas,” I don’t have an expert’s eye for detail, and I’m not used to making that kind of aesthetic leap. But a private tour of the Degas collection with Wolohojian himself taught me how to begin looking at Degas —and the lessons I learned could inform anyone going into the exhibit tabula rasa.In designing the exhibit, Wolohojian says that “the point was to offer...
...Europe, teeming with wildlife, rare species and hundreds of thousands of migratory birds that pass annually through the region on the way to their wintering grounds in north Africa. This year, those birds are carrying with them a dangerous infection that doctors fear could, if it makes the leap to humans, unleash the deadliest flu pandemic since...
...know where to look. Blanks. eventually began practicing in a more rock-friendly but less comfortable room in Leverett. Hufstedler believes that CARAR can arrange something comparable for all beginning rock musicians around campus.According to Hufstedler, lack of equipment is another common hurdle that new groups must leap: “Most starting bands either don’t have equipment or don’t have equipment here.” The group hopes to own a set of equipment that could be borrowed as a band gets on its feet. CARAR says it recognizes that the real difficulty...