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That was before NASA came under severe pressure to cut costs dramatically and justify its decisions on what missions to fly. Budget constraints have already led to the cancellation of some projects and to the development of a bargain-basement mini-spacecraft that could scout out Pluto for a fraction of the cost of a typical planetary flight...
...Captain Strikes Back: Captain Mike Hill broke out of a mini one-for-eight slump on Sunday. The first nine pitches he saw were all balls. He laced the next pitch, which made its way into the strike-zone, deep to right-center for a double that bounced off the fence. Hill also hit the ball hard his next at-bat, but it was caught deep in center...
...fossilized teeth that range from 4,000 to 7,000 years of age. In a survival technique that has since been copied by human institutional giants, the prehistoric pachyderms adapted to their confined island circumstances by downsizing their bulk. Extrapolating from the small tooth size, scientists calculate that the mini- mammoths stood 6 ft. tall at the shoulder, compared with 10 ft. for their full-size counterparts. Still unclear: whether climatic changes or human hunters triggered their final, belated fall...
...system produces lustrous mini-campuses in the most fortunate suburbs, scuffed and gloomy warehouses in the ghettos and maximum insecurity almost everywhere. Poorer districts are so desperate that 41 states have faced lawsuits challenging the statewide school finance formula, all with the goal of getting courts to compel legislatures to adopt a more equitable sharing of tax revenues. Under court pressure, Kentucky has developed a package of taxes to help fund education. In May Texas voters will be asked to approve a redistribution of property taxes...
...1930s musical revival about a Cockney couple who topsyturn a country estate, was Emma's coming-out party. Since then she has rarely been out of work. She played Suzi Kettles, the Glaswegian pop singer with hair the color of a petrochemical sunset, in John Byrne's engaging mini-series Tutti Frutti. She was the long-suffering Englishwoman abroad in the BBC mini-series Fortunes of War. Her co-star was a young sensation from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Kenneth Branagh...