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...probe to Halley's comet? No solar polar mission? No Venus probe, no Galileo project for Jupiter, no deep-space network? Will future generations look back to say, "The 20th century? Oh, that was when they smoked pot and built atom bombs." Or will they say, "The 20th century? That's when they opened up the universe...
...space agency has already canceled its half of a collaborative effort with the Western Europeans called the Inter national Solar Polar Mission (ISPM). Two unmanned spacecraft were to be sent in great, looping orbits over the unexplored poles of the sun. Last week J.P.L. officials gloomily conceded that they had finally given up hope of launching a once-in-a-lifetime mission to intercept Halley's comet. This primordial chunk of matter, which returns to the sun's vicinity in early 1986 after an absence of 76 years, could provide invaluable clues to understanding our solar system...
Harvard dominated most of the match, especially the second half when the rain let up, utilizing its superior ball control and aggressive loose ball play. The Polar Bears relied on aimless upfield boots, while the Crimson, despite the slippery ball which often skidded unexpectedly on the wet field, worked the ball on the ground with sure-footed dribbling and pretty give...
...last of the starting Yardlings, Debbie Field, fortified a defensive alignment which would make Caspar W. Weinberger '38 proud. After a Polar Bear direct kick with four minutes remaining, Field slid into the crease and cleared a loose ball from the rebound-minded Bowdoin forwards...
...Likud coalition, built around Begin's Herut Party and its Liberal allies, is in most ways the polar opposite of Labor. Likud is more sympathetic to Orthodox Jewish strictures in Israeli law; Labor is not. Likud subscribes to laissez-faire economics; Labor has built Israel's welfare state. Labor's supporters include unionists, kibbutzniks, professionals, the Likud's entrepreneurs and nationalists...