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...packs in case their lifelines broke. Also, the hatches between shuttle Atlantis and Mir were closed prior to the spacewalk to allow for a quick shuttle getaway in the unlikely event that a tether broke and the jet pack failed. Atlantis will depart Mir on Thursday, leaving astronaut Shannon Lucid for her five- month stay...
...work on the logistics of the trip for months. He knows that Dubai's track surface is like Belmont's, that the hay there is from Washington State, and that the journey for Cigar will take 18 to 20 hours, stall to stall, counting a refueling layover at Shannon Airport in Ireland. Fortunately, Cigar flies well, as befits a horse owned by Gulfstream Aerospace magnate Allen Paulson and named not for the smoke but for an aviation checkpoint in the Gulf of Mexico...
...This will be the first time in three dockings that a NASA astronaut will stay on Mir. Shannon Lucid is supposed to stay on the station with two Russian cosmonauts for five months, marking the beginning of a continuous American presence in space into the next century. Lucid's stay would be the longest in space for any U.S. astronaut...
...sworn testimony before Congress in 1994. Then president William Campbell denied that the company controls nicotine or that the chemical is addictive. He also said that the tobacco is never blended to achieve a certain nicotine level. "The testimony of these scientists is very important," says TIME's Elaine Shannon. "The affidavits corroborate the things whistle blower Jeffrey Wigand and the FDA commissioner have been saying. The scientists describe a range of tests that tobacco companies have performed which prove to the industry that nicotine is addictive and that they need to keep a certain level of nicotine in cigarettes...
...payments to cover state medical expenses already incurred. Another five percent of the tobacco company's income is to be pooled ready for other states needing Medicaid reimbursement. Maryland is already preparing such a suit. The first check from Liggett is scheduled to arrive this week. TIME's Elaine Shannon says "The state lawsuits are using 'good Samaritan arguments', saying simply that they didn't actually smoke, they simply helped someone who did, so why should they pay for it." Because this is a more compelling argument than a suit from one single smoker, Shannon says, Liggett settled to avoid...