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...Department have already begun work on two new launchers to make space-station construction feasible. One is a heavy-lift unmanned rocket for massive payloads. The other is the National Aerospace Plane, or "Orient Express." Smaller than the shuttle, it would take off like an airplane from a runway, soar into space to deliver its human cargo, then return and land. And NASA has plans to convert the present shuttle into a cargo-only model, with a larger payload than the manned version. Together, these launchers would give NASA much needed flexibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: The Next Giant Leap for Mankind | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

...will be expensive. At typical dosages, AZT costs each patient about $7,000 a year, and pentamidine up to $1,200. Since more than 1 million people in the U.S. are believed to be infected with the virus, the national AIDS medical bill is expected to soar to between $4.5 billion and $8.5 billion a year by 1991. Moreover, the demand for outpatient services, nursing homes and housing for AIDS patients is expected to overwhelm health care systems in the hardest-hit cities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Longer Life for AIDS Patients | 6/19/1989 | See Source »

...sports an open shirt and a pirate's booty of gold chains that make him look, according to a standing band joke, like "a killer pimp." He worked on a Chrysler assembly line for eleven years; when he sings, his voice is all rough edges, Wilson Pickett-style, that soar and spar. Sir Harry Bowens may still be unknown to Burke's Peerage (relax, guys: his knighthood is self- imposed), but fans of the O'Jays will recognize the cool, platinum elegance of his phrasing. He sang with the O'Jays for seven years, but no musical grounding adequately prepared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chocolate-Covered Razor Blades And other treats from a fun funk band | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG: AMERICAN DREAM (Atlantic). The title cut on this reunion album delivers more bounce -- as well as a bit of bile -- than the rest of the album combined, but the guitar work has some fire, and those famous harmonies can still soar high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jan. 23, 1989 | 1/23/1989 | See Source »

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG: AMERICAN DREAM (Atlantic). The title cut on this reunion album delivers more bounce -- as well as a bit of bile -- than the rest of the album combined, but the guitar work has some fire and those famous harmonies can still soar high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Jan. 16, 1989 | 1/16/1989 | See Source »

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