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...European companies, Ariane is a liquid-fuel rocket reminiscent of the U.S. Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle. In its first test, in 1979, the rocket reached orbit, but the second Ariane burned up shortly after liftoff, in 1980, because of engine failure. Thus Ariane's latest launch attempt -the next-to-last trial before the rocket is scheduled to go into regular commercial service-was regarded as something of a make-or-break proposition, like Columbia's flight last April...
Montreal Expos, National League East. In 1979, Montreal finished two games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates, eventual World Series winners over the Baltimore Orioles; last year they lost the title to the World Champion Phillies on the next-to-last day of the season. Over that two-year span, the Expos won more games than any other team in the National League. Now, on the third try, Montreal is ready to challenge again, this time with that most coveted baseball contradiction: a team of young veterans. Only Ace Pitcher Steve Rogers remains from the 1973 roster, and most of the team...
...neither candidate lit a fire, that was a fitting next-to-last chapter to the long, dreary pre-convention campaign. The face that started in the snows preceding the Iowa precinct caucuses of Jan. 21 had drawn a crowded field of candidates and in the early going, some surprising turnouts by the voters. But the voters proved remarkably hard to predict. On the Democratic side, Ted Kennedy won the blue-collar and the black vote by a heavy margin in Philadelphia but lost both on April 22 in Pittsburgh, on the opposite side of Pennsylvania. In New York, voters disenchanted...
...publicity-getter who won't be getting too much anymore is Jim Curry. After signing as a free agent with the NFL New York Giants in June, the split end punter stayed on the club through most of training camp before getting the axe on the next-to-last cuts...
More devoted types might want to head out to Schaefer Stadium early next week to watch the Tea Men, currently fighting for second place in the American Conference of the North American Soccer League, do battle with somnambulent Tulsa (on Sunday) and Detroit (on Wednesday). The Detroit tilt will be the next-to-last game of the season for the booters, and a lot should be on the line--a favored spot for the playoffs, Mike Flanigan's chances of edging New York Cosmo Giorgio Chinaglia for the league scoring crown, and lots of pride. But we suspect the Yankee...