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Then too, there is Europe to consider. Finally, after centuries, a purely European war is unthinkable, but the peace has difficulties. Rough times for Europe in 1985: high unemployment, signs of racism, terrorism, ennui. So far all the dreams of a unified Continent have resulted in a relatively successful economic alliance but not a political entity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Nightmare | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...landing, like everything else about the flight of Shuttle 51-D, was slightly behind schedule. Early-morning rains forced an extra-cautious NASA to send the Discovery on an additional orbit and delay its return by some 90 minutes. The touchdown was a bit rough: Discovery blew a tire as it rolled to a stop on the Kennedy Space Center's three-mile-long runway. Upon examination, the ship proved to have suffered more external damage than any previous shuttle--a dinner-plate-size hole near its wingtip and damage to 123 protective tiles. NASA will carefully assess the damage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Patient Was Already Dead | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...pterosaur will have an onboard computerized autopilot that will effect similar corrections in the attitude of its mechanical wings. That will take some doing. Explains MacCready: "Nature's creatures are very good at active control. Artificial creatures are very bad. For example, any dumb person can walk across a rough field, but to make a robot who can walk across that same field is really difficult...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Return of the Pterosaur | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

Henry Grunwald's Essay is a fitting finale to your memorable issue, but I do not agree with the rough translation of his father's poetic phrase "Deine Heimat ist wo das Glück dich grüsst." Rather than translating it "Home is where you are happy," I prefer the more literal "Your home is where good fortune welcomes you." I think that expresses more accurately the reason immigrants want to make the U.S. their home. Sol Z. Abraham Denver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 29, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

...Everybody had a rough time starting out in singles because it was so windy,” Wang said. “Even if there is a huge disparity between two players, the wind brings down the level of the better player...

Author: By Barbara R. Barreno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Opens Ivy Season With Two Road Victories in New York | 4/11/2005 | See Source »

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