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...beneficiary: "The Geographic's foundation funding has contributed more than any other organization in bringing about an understanding of early man." The magazine's greatest strength is the exceptional sense of intimacy it shares with its readers, as well as its simple, first-person style. 60 Minutes Correspondent Morley Safer habitually packs issues of the magazine whenever he heads off to unfamiliar parts of the globe. Says he: "If it's somewhere you've never been to before, National Geographic can be pure gold -- just to get a sniff of the place...
...that will provide momentum for the spacecraft by utilizing the gravitational fields of Venus and the earth. This "slingshot" routing became necessary when NASA officials decided that the rocket originally scheduled to boost the craft from a shuttle cargo bay could pose a hazard; it was replaced with a safer solid-fuel booster. Another change in plans involved putting extra gold sheeting on the Galileo spacecraft because of the scheduled pass close to the superhot atmosphere of Venus...
Similarly, it's hard to believe the vast minority of Harvard students engaging in homosexual sex need condom machines in their houses to heighten their awareness of the need to practice safer sex. There is no reason, other than peace of mind and routine birth control, why heterosexuals need condoms. Nor is there any reason we need condom machines installed all over campus. Unless, that is, a cheap, prurient thrill is all we're after...
...engineering committees have beencommissioned by the Scottish government todetermine whether it is safe to move the asbestos.They found that it would be safer for thecommunity to move it than not to," Levey said...
According to Dr. Levey, all remaining asbestos is being removed before construction will begin. Levey added that before the hazardous materials are taken to a safer site, they arebeing submerged in water to prevent asbestosfibers from contaminating...