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...invisible object piqued the interest of Berkeley Astronomer Hyron Spinrad, known for his studies of very dim, faraway galaxies and quasars. Last spring Spinrad and his team first pinpointed 3C 326.1's position with New Mexico's Very Large Array radio telescopes; then they aimed powerful optical telescopes at the spot and discovered a glowing object about 12 billion light- years from earth. Later analysis of light from 3C 326.1 revealed that it was a newborn galaxy, three times as long as the diameter of the Milky Way. At the time the light viewed by Spinrad left 3C 326.1, which...
...object of Helms' ire was General Manuel Noriega, commander of Panama's defense force and the nation's strongman since 1983. Helms accused Noriega, a onetime intelligence chief and right-hand man of the late populist dictator Omar Torrijos, of being "head of the biggest drug-trafficking operation in the Western Hemisphere." Even Noriega's staunchest supporters in Washington suspected that Helms was on to something. Says one Reagan Administration official: "Noriega gets a cut of every kind of illicit business down there...
...contention hotly contested by some of his heirs. Says the Rev. Jesse Jackson: "The thesis that his personal life was so convoluted that he couldn't function with clarity is contrary to the facts. What I saw was courage to the point of crucifixion." Some of King's associates object to Garrow's revelations. Even if true, says Wyatt Walker, former staff chief to King, "how does that change the value of his contribution toward sensitizing the nation on the moral issue of race?" But others who value that contribution just as highly say an unvarnished understanding of the complex...
...Some pilots object to the snitch alarm as a superfluous electronic Big Brother, but few approve of controllers defeating the system. Charges a veteran American Airlines captain: "Dropping a plane from the screen is playing fast and loose with human life to avoid being pinpointed for a mistake. It's unconscionable...
...magic about $108 billion. But I think you have a problem if you abandon it without something better in its place." House Budget Chief Gray and incoming Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd have also suggested that Gramm-Rudman may have to be revamped. But the White House would probably object. Says Miller: "If we go back on Gramm- Rudman, the deficit will shoot right up again...