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...reach the environment of Jupiter. At the time, says physicist James Van Allen, the discoverer of Earth's radiation belt and a principal contributor to Pioneer's achievements, "this objective was regarded as a bold one." While unmanned U.S. and Soviet spacecraft had visited the inner planets, none had flown beyond Mars and braved the asteroid belt to reach Jupiter and the other outer planets. Indeed, many scientists feared that, in addition to the asteroids, the belt was laden with unseen particles that would collide with and destroy an intruding craft. But Pioneer 10 sailed through with nary a scratch...
...contradictions, and has done an astonishing job of marshaling the talents of some 6,700 contributors. The Dictionary of Art contains more than 41,000 entries, ranging from a few lines to near books in themselves; the section on frames, for instance, runs 128 pages. Spot checks reveal none of the awful jargon that disfigures so much academic writing; all seems clear and readable, and sometimes even dryly witty. And as you browse it, you realize what an unprecedented effort of distilled and integrated scholarship it represents. Every country in the United Nations has its entry, from Afghanistan (27 pages...
BORN: July 25, 1945, St. Louis, Mo. EDUCATION: Maryville College, B.A., 1967; St. Louis U, M.Ed., 1970, Ph.D., 1975 FAMILY: Husband, Thomas; four children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Real estate broker; teacher; educational administrator POLITICAL CAREER: Anchorage school board, 1990-94 ADDRESS: 3000 Dartmouth Drive, Anchorage...
BORN: Feb. 22, 1943, Rampart EDUCATION: Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, 1960 FAMILY: Separated; two children RELIGION: NR MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Commercial fisher POLITICAL CAREER: Alaska House, 1991-93; Alaska Senate, 1993- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 240927, Anchorage...
...eyes, the tragedy is not merely the unfair contract but the manipulation and the lack of respect that the union demonstrated. It is unacceptable. Moreover, I am disappointed with Harvard University itself, for without Harvard's consent or prodding, none of this would be going on. Harvard is supposed to be a lighthouse of moral excellence, an example for others--not a place where the working class is exploited and degraded by those in power. --Mawi H. Asgedom...