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...millijoule? The unit of energy denotes roughly the wallop packed by a dime dropped on a table from a height of 2 in. But as the National Transportation Safety Board revealed in hearings held in Baltimore last week, minuscule can mean sinister. Calmly, patiently, safety-board explosion expert Merritt Birky explained that a spark carrying one-quarter millijoule of energy was all that was necessary to ignite the contents of the 12,890-gal. central fuel tank of TWA Flight 800 in 1996 off Long Island--a tank that then exploded, destroying the plane and killing all 230 people aboard...
...desire to see affirmative action dismantled, however, is premature. Using Connerly's metaphor, wouldn't it be wiser to do the heavy lifting first, thus building a solid foundation before hastily tearing down the prop? That way, no one will end up under a pile of rubble. KURT TEZEL Merritt Island...
Dartmouth showed a greater desire to win than Harvard, and its tenacity was what allowed Big Green attackman Brian Merritt to break a tie with only five seconds remaining to stun the Crimson, 14-13. So much for going 5-1 in the Ivy League...
Harvard closed the gap in the third quarter with four goals at the outset and five total for the period, while holding Dartmouth to a single goal, to take a razor-thin 11-10 lead into the final stanza. The teams traded leads in the fourth quarter, with Merritt's goal deciding the outcome in the waning seconds of the contest...
...Merritt had a career day of his own for the Big Green, tallying five goals and an assist as well. Dartmouth 14 Harvard...