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...have found it difficult to support NASA, a government operation that I believe is basically a welfare program for aeronautical engineers. After a hiatus of 2 1/2 years, NASA engineers launched the Discovery shuttle and encountered the same problem?falling insulation foam from the external fuel tank during lift-off?that doomed the previous shuttle, the Columbia, in 2003. NASA's engineers, managers and technicians should refund to the government the full amount of their salaries and benefits for the past 2 1/2 years. Rod Rawson Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 9/5/2005 | See Source »

...overhead speakers. Two dozen students in spandex outfits, most of them women, settle onto purple and blue mats to begin the class with ujjayi, a breathing exercise. Their instructor, Cindy Senarighi, recommends today's mantra. "'Yahweh' is a great breath prayer," she says. "The Jesus Prayer also works. Now lift your arms in praise to the Lord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stretching for Jesus | 8/29/2005 | See Source »

...years I have found it difficult to support NASA, a government operation that I believe is basically a welfare program for aeronautical engineers. After a hiatus of 2½ years, NASA engineers launched the Discovery shuttle and encountered the same problem--falling insulation foam from the external fuel tank during lift-off--that doomed the previous shuttle, the Columbia, in 2003. NASA's engineers, managers and technicians should refund to the government the full amount of their salaries and benefits for the past 2½ years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 29, 2005 | 8/21/2005 | See Source »

Rwandan officials are eager to get started. "The program seems like something that will lift our country in many ways," says Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports Joseph Habineza. The project also enjoys the moral support of White House faith-based initiatives czar James Towey, who says, "In the past, government has been indifferent or hostile toward efforts such as this one. That is not the case with this Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warren of Rwanda | 8/15/2005 | See Source »

TASTEFUL TACKLE Remember those ugly gray boxes stuffed with slimy bait? FisherGirl is giving them a feminine face-lift and donating part of the $30 price to breast-cancer research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sports: Fishing With Flair | 8/14/2005 | See Source »

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