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...still think it's funny," says Peter, recounting great Beavis and Butthead episodes. He particularly likes the animal cruelty (the time they played baseball using frogs instead of balls, the myriad things they do to grasshoppers...
...thin as a credit card, which replaces the heavy aluminum shell of conventional spacecraft, the rocket is light enough to leap into orbit in a single bound, avoiding the wasteful shedding of expensive booster stages. The DC-X is the world's first fully reusable spacecraft, and its myriad computer systems make it easy to launch and repair. It can be fired off by a crew of three, far fewer than the army of 1,700 needed by the shuttle. Bottom line: the Delta Clipper should be able to carry 10-ton payloads to orbit -- manned or unmanned...
...same holds true for self-styled "pro-choice" advocates. For a bunch of people who fancy themselves as advocates of the myriad possibilities that this world has to offer, their focus is extremely narrow...
...direct result of the former East bloc's economic distress: in Russia alone, 75% of the unemployed are female. "The naivete is unbelievable," says Prague vice-squad chief Petr Vosolsobe. "The vision of earning hard currency blurs the girls' senses." Besides the usual promises of dance- and waitress-jobs, myriad ruses are used. One Russian student of German literature received an invitation to complete her education. She sold her stereo to pay for gifts for her "host family" in Germany, only to arrive and be forced into a brothel. Others are lured by traffickers posing as marriage brokers...
...constant drive to do more, to get involved, to stay active, translated itself into a myriad of athletic activities for the young Burke. At West Potomac High School, she won honors running track and playing field hockey...