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...sipping lemonade," he said later. He half didn't believe it--until the tracking crew ran up and reported hearing the world's first sonic boom, a sound that marked the end of the Wright Brothers' era and the beginning of the age of the astronauts, taking humankind into outer space. His XS-1 had accelerated to Mach 1.06, or 700 m.p.h. That night Yeager fixed his buddies a pitcher of martinis to celebrate. But the world would have to wait to learn of Yeager's feat. It was all top secret until Aviation Week broke the story in December...
...guerrilla forces near Najaf, and fierce fighting continued Wednesday. U.S. Marines had earlier fought their way through Nasiriyah and across the Euphrates, but in that city too, fighting continues as Iraqi forces try to reinforce their defenses. Even as they prepare to tackle the Republican Guard units on the outer ring of Baghdad's defenses, coalition forces are also reportedly planning to deploy more of their resources to quell ongoing Iraqi resistance in the south, which has exceeded expectations and raised problems of harassment of supply lines to the Baghdad front...
Virtually every horror film could be subtitled When Smart People Do Stupid Things. In a haunted house, they run up into the attic. In Dreamcatcher, Lee gets off the damn seat. Ka-bloom! Out pops a big, toothy worm with a bigger appetite. It's part of an outer-space colony bent on making all humans food for worms...
...provide them with this privilege. First-years will no longer have to endure long waits outside House entrances trying to visit friends, go to meetings or attend parties. Wider keycard access will also remove the burden for upperclass students who have to descend to their Houses’ outer doors to let in their friends. Making Houses accessible to first-years will make all lives easier and remove the unnecessary barrier between first-years and their upperclass peers...
...editor of Rolling Stone. "The British bands that have been successful in the U.S. are those that feel like worldwide rock bands. There isn't a high school kid in America who cares that Led Zeppelin was British. Pink Floyd, as far as anyone here is concerned, come from outer space." The actual reasons for slumping British sales are a lot more complex: consolidation of record labels and radio stations, a stubbornly insular market and a commercial and artistic decline in the record industry as a whole. Says Levy: "With record sales down better than 10% in the last year...