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...examine a polar extreme--the hypothetical legislator becomes an avid patron of pornographic materials. The protection of pornography makes his life more 'pleasant.' He has unlimited access to whatever his eyes desire. He's glad the hypothetical veil gave him the 'right' to look at dirty pictures...
When an oscillator aboard the $50 million NOAA-8 weather satellite turned balky last June, the craft began tumbling out of control in its polar orbit. Without power, its systems shut down. All seemed lost, but a determined band of controllers from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), NASA and RCA refused to give up. Over the next ten months and on hundreds of occasions, they beamed radio signals at the errant craft, trying to revive...
...there have also been gems. One is Icebound in the Antarctic: Shackleton, a magnificent four-hour drama about the British polar explorer, starring David Schofield. Henry Shackleton was one of history's most intriguing also-rans: his first expedition to Antarctica missed being the first to reach the South Pole by just 97 miles; a later one had to be aborted when his ship became trapped in the Antarctic ice. But few dramas have told a more inspiring tale of man against nature or better conveyed the excitement of a great period of exploration. Another winning import is Solo...
After Bowdoin opened up the scoring Friday just two minutes into the contest. Dinny Starr notched Harvard's first goal with an assist from center Liz Ward at 8:00. Simmons followed up a second Polar Bear tally with an unassisted shot...
...white spots from which streaks of bright material radiated. To Bradford Smith, head of the Voyager imaging team, the spots were evidence that meteorite impacts had pulverized the gray surface, exposed an underlying layer of ice and spewed it out in all directions. The haze covering the Uranian north polar area,* he suggested, may be smog--not unlike the Los Angeles variety--resulting from a photochemical reaction caused by sunlight acting upon gases in the planet's atmosphere...