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...announce his backing. Mondale invited Kennedy to spend Sunday night at his home in North Oaks. Just before boarding a jetliner at Boston's Logan International Airport, Kennedy called Hart from a VIP lounge to review the Coloradan's bargaining position, making notes on a yellow legal pad. After arriving in North Oaks, Kennedy urged his host to compromise on a couple of unresolved points. "We're getting close, but we're not there yet," said Mondale over cigars and Scotch. Prodded Kennedy: "Fritz, I think this thing can be wrapped up tonight...
After a series of exasperating delays because of a slipped thermal shield and a computer blackout, the new space shuttle Discovery sat perched on its Florida launch pad last Tuesday morning, its nose poked impatiently toward the sky. In a chase plane high above Kennedy Space Center, Astronaut John Young took a last look at the weather and gave the final O.K. for takeoff. The shuttle's on-board computers began the final countdown. "We are go for main-engine ignition," NASA Commentator Mark Hess announced. The engine grumbled noisily, snorting smoke and fire... Six, five, four...
...have an abort." Nor was that the worst of it. As the astronauts lay strapped in their seats, awaiting instructions, hydrogen gas gathering in the ship's main-engine area burst into flames below them, shooting a tiny inferno through the engine pit. Sprinklers on the launch pad immediately flooded the pit with several thousand gallons of water, dousing the blaze in less than five minutes. Half an hour later, led by Judy Resnik, 35, who was scheduled to be the second American woman in space, the six astronauts emerged from the craft, some looking grim and weary, others...
...that Reagan brought it up publicly two weeks ago, an unusual show of frustration. Discouraged? Reagan has rarely met another human that he felt he could not soften a bit. Even now he may be looking at the red geraniums outside his office window and on a yellow legal pad be scribbling "Dear Mr. Chairman...
Smith used his left leg pad to block Mats Nashund's backhander on the penalty shot at 15:03 of the second period, with the score tied 1-1. It was the first penalty shot in post season play faced by Smith, who extended his record of playoff victories to 82 in his 116th Stanley Cup appearance, another NHL mark for a goalie...