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...minus-nine minutes, a slight drop in liquid-oxygen pressure was detected in the huge 526,000-gal. external fuel tank and in one of three oxygen tanks carried aboard the orbiter. Flight Director Neil Hutchinson at Mission Control in Houston stopped the countdown and consulted other technicians. The problem did not seem serious. Pressure in the tanks could be adjusted by warming the oxygen with on-board heaters. Ground computers guiding the launch were instructed to ignore the pressure drop, and the countdown continued...
...training, they are able to maintain lithe bodies while eating vast quantities of food. They demonstrated this exceptional ability last weekend when they descended upon senior MARY HERLIHY's house in Worcester after the Eastern Championships, and indulged in sandwiches, salad, chips, and cider--the coach had a little "liquid refreshment" he demurely noted. On the way back, the team--still not completely sated--stopped at an ice cream parlor for a snack. Everyone ordered large servings, but junior DARLENE BECKFORD's creation of peppermint ice cream with hot fudge and marshmallow topping won special honors...
...Columbia was lofted into a 137-mile high orbit by 6.4 million pounds of thrust from its three liquid fuel engines and by two rocket boosters, which trailed a thick column of white smoke as they burned their solid fuel...
Ronald Reagan was suffering from a sinus inflammation and joked about "feeling hollow." He was on an all-liquid diet prior to a routine medical examination. Nonetheless, the President was in good humor during an Oval Office conversation with TIME White House Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett the morning after victory in the Senate. Reagan's mood turned from mellow to flinty on only one subject: criticism of his foreign policy apparatus and recurrent rumors that he wants to get rid of either Secretary of State Alexander Haig, National Security Adviser Richard Allen, or both. Reagan moved forward...
Citing a number of ancient Hindu myths that still play an important role in Indian consciousness today, O'Flaherty demonstrated how myths often limit our thinking patterns. In India, where liquid is precious, women in myth are seen as draining fluids out of men. Similarly, their own body fluids, such as milk, are frequently poisonous in stories. Women are seen as sexually dangerous, hence "evil...