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WHEN SKYLAB'S orbit began to degenerate, everyone knew there could be only one outcome. As the satellite plunged closer and closer to Earth, it had to plow through denser and denser layers of the atmosphere; increasing drag reduced its velocity and increased the rate of its fall. Finally, too much of its momentum had been destroyed. The situation, literally, disintegrated...
...responsibility at a young age," he says pensively. "I made a lot of decisions out there. You know, which plow and which shift to bring on and what to do . . ." His wife Elise is at his side and, sensing that the conversation is getting pretty silly, brings it to a close. "Isn't this getting terribly psychoanalytic?" she dryly interjects. Du Pont leans back, relieved. He is too well bred to say so, but if endless soul-searching is what it takes to be President, then he doesn't want...
Pivot spends a minimum of 70 hours a week reading, making it a point to finish at least one book a day. In order to plow through more pages, he commutes to work by public transportation and when on vacation often asks his wife to drive. Besides being host of Apostrophes, he is founder and editor of France's largest (circ. 175,000) literary magazine, the monthly Lire. In addition, he has managed to write books about two of his sustaining passions, Beaujolais and soccer, and to serve as deputy mayor of the town of Quincie-en- Beaujolais in southern...
happening," said Benz. "Their idea was to plow...
...first time in three years, Cambridge has exceeded its snow budget, but the city will continue to plow the snow, officials said yesterday...