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MOSCOW: The Russian Space Agency may want to consider buying extra collision insurance for the long-suffering Mir. The station was nearly creamed Tuesday by a 350-pound U.S. satellite traveling along a similar orbit...
...aptly named "pursuit denial munition," a grenade-size explosive that when thrown in the path of an enemy, quickly spits out seven "buttons." Each of the buttons, which fly up to 20 ft. in all directions, is linked to the mine with a superthin trip wire. One pound of pressure on any wire causes the mine to pop up about 4 ft. and explode. The Special Forces have 16,000 of these devices and want to keep them. "They can be the difference between life and death," says a Pentagon official...
...Crocker Award, according to the 1997 media guide, "is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who...possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker...In recent years, it's had a 'Most Valuable Player' connotation." Crocker, a 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team, was killed while serving on a destroyer...
...completely dominated the whole bidding committee," Pound said. "They didn't do or say anything without her signing...
...Crocker Award, according to the 1997 media guide, "is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who...possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker...In recent years, it's had a 'Most Valuable Player' connotation." Crocker, a 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team, was killed while serving on a destroyer...