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...joint space-engineering activities that might pave the way to a joint manned mission to Mars." In a Huntsville, Ala., speech, Vice President George Bush urged a "long-term commitment to manned and unmanned exploration of the solar system. There is much to be done -- further exploration of the moon, a mission to Mars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Onward to Mars | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...showing a profit. And Salsa, a cheap blend of West Side Story and Dirty Dancing, made some quick money. Next, Puerto Rican-born Raul Julia, one of the few Hispanics to work regularly and rewardingly on stage and screen, stars with Sonia Braga (Brazil) and Richard Dreyfuss (Brooklyn) in Moon over Parador, a satire about South America. Then Julia will play a Salvadoran archbishop in Romero. And Christmas brings The Old Gringo, from the Carlos Fuentes novel, with Jane Fonda and L.A. Law's Jimmy Smits. Fonda, who calls herself a "premature Latinian," spent eight years preparing the drama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Born In East L.A. | 7/11/1988 | See Source »

...major U.S. contribution would be an "intelligent" ground vehicle. The robot rambler, which resembles the "moon buggy" used in the Apollo moon landings, would be used to gather and analyze soil samples. It must be able to find its way around the Martian surface, guided by an advanced artificial- intelligence "brain." It would then deposit the soil samples in a special canister that would be blasted aloft to the Soviet orbiter for the trip home. The 1976 U.S. Viking Lander probes, by contrast, could only radio data from soil samples back from Mars. This time, the samples would be returned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Pros And Cons of a Flight to Mars | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...could find: plumber at a maternity hospital. Not long afterward, he was injured in an oxygen-tank explosion. Since then he has suffered headaches and double vision. Doctors say he may need brain surgery. But, as Vera points out, "it's easier to get a ticket to the moon here than a brain scan." During a hospital stay last month, Yuri contracted hepatitis from a needle. The U.S. embassy has asked Soviet authorities to allow the family to leave so Zieman can get treatment not available in the U.S.S.R. The Soviets have responded with silence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Lonely World of a Refusenik | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

Many pairs of sibling athletes tend to play the same sport at Harvard. Joe and John Sweeney both play hockey. Betsy and Mary McCagg both row crew. Anne and Mary Moon both play rugby...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Sibling Pair Runs in Stride | 5/18/1988 | See Source »

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