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...specialist in NASA's shuttle program, he'll spend the better part of the next nine months reacquainting himself with the punishing business of flying in space. He will practice lift-offs, run through landings, learn how to shimmy out of a shuttle threatening to blow up on its pad or bail out 10,000 ft. above the ocean--all at an age when most Americans have long since retired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Right Stuff, 36 Years Later | 1/26/1998 | See Source »

...Kaczynski announced to the stunned audience. Judge Burrell denied the motion on the grounds that it was too late in the trial to bring in a new lawyer and give him time to prepare. Kaczynski accepted the decision with equanimity. He just leaned over his yellow legal pad and began scribbling more notes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Fits And Starts | 1/19/1998 | See Source »

Before the period's end, Granato helped make it 3-0, except this time it was teammate Joe Bianchi who evaded the Crimson players and stormed down the ice unmolested. Once again, Prestifilippo had no trouble with the original shot, but the pad save bounced out to the netminder's right where a trailing Granato slapped it home...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Icemen Rally for Third-Place Finish in Wisconsin Holiday Tournament | 1/5/1998 | See Source »

...President's staff along racial and gender lines. Several top Clinton aides gave up on the initiative months ago, complaining that it had been "co-opted" by women and minorities on the staff who wanted it to be more of a feel-good outreach program than a launching pad for specific policy proposals. Tensions have been exacerbated by resentment over the fact that for all of Clinton's rhetoric about a multicultural White House, his decision makers have almost always been white males. "The white boys don't like not being in charge, so they took their marbles and went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACE IN AMERICA: WHY TALK IS NOT CHEAP | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

There would be no glory for Hamilton as Prestifilippo read the play perfectly and blocked the shot with his right pad, effectively keeping the score locked...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Wins at Bright For First Time Ever | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

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