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...unfortunate deaths in the Challenger disaster. I applaud the joint space effort. There is no need for a space race among nations, but there is a need for an international effort to build a path into space that is safe and cost-effective and returns a broad benefit to mankind. Let us not belittle that with superficial phrases. JIM MATHERLY Bay City, Mich...
...symphony? Is it world music? Call Tan Dun's Symphony 1997 (Heaven Earth Mankind) whatever you like, but be prepared to reckon with it. Composed to commemorate the reunification of Hong Kong with China, this seductively savory multicultural stew is shaping up as the classical-music event of the summer. The 72-minute work was telecast worldwide July 1 from the handover ceremonies in Hong Kong, and the first recording, conducted by Tan and featuring Yo-Yo Ma as cello soloist, was rushed into print by Sony the following week, debuting in the No. 5 slot on the Billboard classical...
Promising that their new organization will be "profitable to mankind or a portion thereof," HMO Black board members outlined their innovative health care options...
...hear about the real-life journalists who played themselves in that movie about mankind's first encounter with extraterrestrials? No, I don't mean the gaggle of CNN anchors and correspondents who appear in Contact. I mean the three prominent newsmen who were featured in The Day the Earth Stood Still, the 1951 classic. In that film's opening moments, the descent of the flying saucer to Earth is breathlessly reported by NBC's H.V. Kaltenborn, radio commentator Elmer Davis and muckraker Drew Pearson. Then as now, the producers believed the presence of journalists would lend an air of authenticity...
...What a wonderful way to celebrate the Fourth of July," he said in an interview with TIME the next morning. Pathfinder's mission could hold invaluable lessons for mankind's own survival, added Gore. "If life disappeared there, then why? If life still exists there, then what lessons does it hold for us? We need to learn more about the mysteries of evolution." He noted that the landing comes not long after the stunning discovery that life may once have existed on Mars. "And that makes Pathfinder and these 10 missions even more important and timely than we could have...