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...been on target, says Donald Yeomans, a senior scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it would have struck with the explosive force of some 4,000 megatons, enough to obliterate a major metropolitan center and the surrounding countryside. But what troubles most scientists is that the asteroid was detected only two weeks before it flew by. If it had been headed toward impact, those in the target area would have had barely enough time to write their wills. Eleanor Helin, whose Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking group discovered the asteroid, estimates that, on average, one object the size...
Looking at a retrospective collection of any artist will often reveal interesting transitions in his or her work, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition of New York-based artist Terry Winters’s lithographs, etchings, and prints is no exception...
...VALERY GERGIEV/KIROV ORCHESTRA The Rite of Spring (Philips) Igor Stravinsky's clamorous ballet score has now received a quintessentially Russian recording: violent, brazen, full of all the blunt power of passionate peasant ritual. Gergiev has been making a big impression as principal guest conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera, and this CD leaves no doubt...
...only answer to this transportation problem. High-speed rail systems appear to work quite well in West European nations and Japan--smaller, highly populated countries with limited superhighways. In the U.S., high-speed rail service doesn't really apply to the needs of most large cities. In many metropolitan areas, a decent and reliable passenger rail service would help alleviate the overcrowding of the interstate highway system. This is the wrong time to kill Amtrak because of federal budget cuts. CHRIS J. LEWIE Hilliard, Ohio...
...Valery Gergiev/Kirov Orchestra The Rite of Spring (Philips) Igor Stravinsky's clamorous ballet score has now received a quintessentially Russian recording: violent, brazen, full of all the blunt power of passionate peasant ritual. Gergiev has been making a big impression as principal guest conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera, and this CD leaves no doubt...