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...left wing had suddenly ceased. At 8:56, when the ship was somewhere over Utah, the temperature in the landing gear and brake lining--again on the left side--registered high. Two minutes later, three temperature sensors embedded in the skin on the left flank of the ship quit transmitting. A minute later, temperature sensors in the left tires winked out too. All these data hiccups were reported by the mission controllers to the flight director. Finally, when the spacecraft was about 207,000 ft. (63,000 m) above Texas, Charlie Hobaugh, the spacecraft communicator, alerted the crew...
...what can be done to get problem gamblers to quit? Medication, in theory, may help. Psychologists like G. Alan Marlatt of the University of Washington are interested in the potential of so-called opioid antagonists, drugs that might partially disrupt the neurochemistry that produces feelings of well-being, thus denying gamblers the kick they seek...
Smokers face up to six times the risk of losing teeth as a result of gum disease, but a new study offers hope. Fifty smokers being treated for gum problems were tracked for a year. Those who managed to quit smoking saw their oral health improve; those who kept lighting up just got worse. --By David Bjerklie
...Administration, argues that by talking of a new type of bomb, the Administration is undercutting its own efforts to persuade others to stay out of the nuclear game. Nunn makes the point more colorfully. Other countries, he says, "have a hard time taking instructions from a chain smoker to quit smoking and to help us keep others from starting to smoke...
While discussing the problem that is my summer with a wise friend of mine, I was effectually told to quit bitching and enjoy the free time that this break provides while I still have...