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...rocks out there, and fewer than 200 have been ticked off the list of an expected 2,000 near-Earth objects. But Chapman's star turn at the House Science Committee Thursday provided little more than an advert for NASA's proposed $5 million asteroid tracking program, a wrist-slap for the Clinton administration's vetoing of an Air Force asteroid mission, and -- whisper it low -- a chance for Congress to cash in on the "Deep Impact" craze before Godzilla stomps all over the box office. Perhaps DreamWorks, who spent $27 million destroying the Earth, will offer to write NASA...
...remained a one-run contest until Harvardblew it open in the fifth with five runs on fivehits. Amberg started the affair with a lead-offdouble into the left centerfield gasp, and LaSovagefollowed with a slap-bunt single to short.Franzese's sacrifice bunt up the first-base lineadvanced the runners and brought Abeles to theplate...
...supposedly) cooler do. The two Arkansas boys were just acting the way they have seen America treat women: If she doesn't do what you say, strike her down. Violence against women is frowned upon in this country, but it is not considered important enough for more than a slap on the wrist. Take Back the Night week here at Harvard should have supplied us with a good enough warning about what happens when this philosophy is applied...
...what will the next century be? The reams of guesses made in the next two years are destined to be digitally retrieved decades hence and read with a smirk. But let's take that risk, peer into the haze and slap a few labels on the postmillennial period...
...well into his 80s, raised his voice for the last time. Keep Jerusalem undivided, he said, but otherwise we must suppress our yearnings for the newly gained regions; we must relinquish them in return for peace. The October War of 1973 came as a nemesis, a harsh slap of reality, undoing the post-1967 Israeli arrogance and moral callousness. Ben-Gurion died a few weeks after that war, while a wounded, deflated Israel was mourning its heavy losses and entering a long period of soul searching...