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Those safeguards were put to a test last September, when the nuclear-powered Cosmos 1900, containing about 70 lbs. of radioactive fuel, began falling out of orbit. But before the satellite re-entered the atmosphere, an automated safety system kicked in. The reactor was separated from the satellite and shot into a higher orbit. If, however, the reactor should collide with a defunct satellite or some other piece of debris left from more than 30 years of human activity in space, it could be knocked out of orbit anyway. Says Daniel Hirsch, director of the Stevenson Program on Nuclear Policy...
...first," he says, "basketball was something I did when the lights were on in the playground just because I liked it." He was Lew Alcindor then, a bookish Harlem Catholic constructed of high-tension wires connected at right angles. He developed a hopping hook shot, calling to mind a praying mantis assembling a foldout lawn chair, out of early necessity: all his straightforward attempts were being blocked. He made a style of coming at things from a different angle...
Both films are works in film montage constructed of scenes shot around the world. The third film, Hall of Mirrors, is a combination of sequences from a 1948 motion picture with two scenes shot in New York. Hall of Mirrors and the fourth film shown last night were made while Sonbert was a student...
Sophomore center Bernard Jackson keyed the Cornell attack, scoring 10 points and pulling down 15 rebounds, all off the defensive boards. After missing three easy lay-ups earlier in the game, Jackson put Cornell ahead, 70-69, with two minutes left in regulation. His short hhok shot with 80 seconds remaining in overtime again gave the Big Red a lead...
Jackson's hook shot and a foul shot by Johnson put Cornell back in front by three points, 75-72, before a pair of James free throws cut the lead to one point...