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...Johns and other modern masters. From his Malibu beach house, he skims the Pacific in a 20-ft. speedboat. Like most self-made men, however, Geffen is consumed by his work. "My greatest fear is getting bored," he explains. "I'm always taking notes on the imaginary yellow scratch pad in my mind." Given the profit potential of his daydreams, his competitors might like to have a peek at the occasional carbon copy...
...Soviet Union's first reusable spacecraft orbited the Earth twice today and landed eight miles from its launch pad in Central Asia, marking the first unmanned space shuttle flight ever, a spokesperson for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said yesterday...
...crowd of families and college students from all over the world, which last year numbered 280,000 strong, will line the river, watching races, enjoying the fall day or scoping out the party scene. Harvard will become a crash-pad for many students in the latter category this weekend...
Sure, the new type of clubs pad resumes and make "networking" easier in the dreaded Real World. But most of them exist because most students do possess altruism along with personal ambition. Public service groups involve about a quarter of Harvard's students, and the rest of the clubs give something to the rest of the college each year, whether it's a performance, an exhibition, a literary magazine or a greater understanding of one's fellow students...
NASA took steps to improve the astronauts' chances of survival should such a mishap occur. For the first time since the summer of 1982, the crew left the launch pad ensconced in bulky space suits, each partly pressurized and equipped with an oxygen tank, a parachute and an inflatable raft. In addition, a new emergency escape system was designed to give the astronauts a chance to leave the orbiter quickly in the event of a "benign disaster" after the boosters had fallen away. In such a crisis, the crew would jettison the huge external fuel tank and stabilize the winged...