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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that system steer the robot spacecraft to the red zone--the point 100 yds. from the station where the commander takes over--ground control wanted the crew to maneuver the ship all the way in using only a video camera mounted on Progress and a black-and-white television screen in the station's core module to guide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BAD DAY IN SPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...wasn't just that the image was fuzzy, which it was. And it wasn't just that it sparkled with static, which it did. It was that the mammoth Mir station, the putative target in this orbital skeet shoot, was all but invisible. The screen was filled with an image of a mottled Earth rolling below the station, while a tiny, pixilated smudge--Mir itself--vanished and reappeared as it flew from the white clouds to the black oceans and back again. Tsibliyev, however, saw even this small target as a good target. With little hesitation, he engaged one joystick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BAD DAY IN SPACE | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

...truly diabolical New York law firm that snags Keanu Reeves' hotshot Southern lawyer and quickly enmeshes him in a half-kinky, half-campy world of sin and decadence. Borrowing from The Firm and Rosemary's Baby without quite matching either, it tends to flag whenever Pacino's off screen. Fortunately, he's never away for long and treats us to a devilishly good time with his rip-roaringly over-the-top antics. --Brandon K. Walston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

Trilogy makes product line configuration software, which, in simplified terms, allows consumers to type into the Web what they are looking to buy, and then see a compatible product pop up on the screen. It is a software essentially created by Trilogy, the founder said...

Author: By Sarah E. Henrickson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Founder of Trilogy Speaks About His Career | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

Rebgay said that the decision to screen the pre-submitted questions is at best a "bad deal...

Author: By Anne Y. Lee and Nanaho Sawano, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Human Rights Group To Protest Jiang's Address | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

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