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...that moment Peter Jennings referred to when he asked Clark during Thursday's televised debate whether he agreed with Moore's "reckless charge" about President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard. This posed an interesting test for the general, who pundits say has three things going for him: resume, resume and resume. But Jennings' question revealed the kind of experience Clark doesn't have and can't fake: the ability to deflect or diffuse a question that is bound to hurt you with someone, no matter how you answer it. Clark responded that he didn't know...
...have had a very serious anomaly on the vehicle." PETER THEISINGER, project manager of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the sudden interruption in communication from Spirit, the Mars rover...
...program is worth a full-year course,” said Professor of German Peter J. Burgard, who is directing the Munich-based program. “In one month, students get a full year, actually more than a full year, of German culture and language...
...ready for takeoff within a few years. Since 1996, several teams have been racing to develop a three-person spacecraft that could reach the edge of the atmosphere and repeat the feat within two weeks--the qualifications required to win the $10 million X Prize created by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis to encourage private spaceflight. Leading that race is legendary aerospace engineer Burt Rutan, who is gearing up for another test after his rocket plane broke the sound barrier for the first time last December. Backing Rutan--reportedly with $30 million--is Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen...
...pushed through a law giving top government office holders immunity from prosecution, though last week Italy's high court deemed this move unconstitutional. Notes Guido Corbetta, a business professor at Milan's Bocconi University: "You can always improve the laws, but what's important is changing the culture." --By Peter Gumbel and Jeff Israely...