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Your article reflects optimism about a joint U.S.-Soviet manned mission to Mars by 2010 [SCIENCE, July 29]. This is commendable and desirable, but do not hold your breath waiting for it to materialize. One of the major reasons for my pessimism is that unlike the Soviet leadership, the U.S...
Soon after the MGM news broke, Turner arranged simultaneous press conferences in New York City, Moscow, London and Phoenix, which were broadcast live on his SuperStation WTBS, to announce a groundbreaking agreement with the Soviet Union. As Turner grinned at reporters at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, TBS Executive...
Ueberroth himself firmly declared, "I played no role. It was Lee MacPhail [the owners' representative] and Don Fehr [the players'] who put baseball back on the field." Both MacPhail and Fehr, however, give the commissioner credit for keeping them at the bargaining table. And Ueberroth conceded later, "I put myself...
Six months later the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. An angry Sunday-school teacher is dangerous. Carter thrashed about in his despair, pulling the U.S. out of the Moscow Olympics, embargoing the sale of American grain to the Soviets, and losing the nation's confidence in his Vienna nuclear arms deal. It...
Today save your pity for other hapless souls. Threshie and Anderson have transformed the Register into an aggressive, smartly designed daily that boasts what may be the best full-color reproduction in the country. The Register has also beaten back a determined raid into its area by the wealthier Times...