Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them to earth for analysis. At NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., experts are designing living quarters for the space station that the U.S. hopes to begin assembling in earth orbit in the mid-1990s. Plans call for private sleeping cubicles, each equipped with a TV, sound systems and a computer. Mars enthusiasts point out that approval of a manned Mars mission as a goal would finally provide a compelling rationale for the projected $30 billion space station that NASA has had trouble selling to a reluctant Congress. "The station would be needed to serve...
...Wednesday evening, a piercing sound that one survivor described as "screaming like a banshee" -- presumed to be a pressurized natural-gas leak -- screeched through the 650-ft.-high structure, whose four massive metal feet were anchored in the sea bottom 475 ft. below the surface. Seconds later an explosion ripped the rig in two, enveloping it in a ball of flame and smoke. Miraculously, 63 crew members survived, some with severe burns, the majority with only minor injuries. But 166 died, including two rescuers. It was the worst disaster in the 25-year history of North Sea oil exploration...
Dukakis has studied hard, learning the catechism of mainstream national security theology well. He can probably avoid the gaffes that make foreign policy such a treacherous topic in a campaign, and he seems confident when tossing out debate-sized sound bites. In addition, his high-minded world view is likely to play well if he can learn to articulate it in a more inspiring way; there has always been, for better or worse, a streak of global idealism in the American people...
Bill Bennett may be leaving this Administration, but when he says things like that, he does not sound like a man who has given up public service for good. So what might lie ahead for him? "Right now," he says, "if I were going to run for anything in the future, I'd want to run for President...
...American Jazz is just not your style, then try the Latino pop festival at the Boston Common, where Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine will perform at 6 p.m. Friday night on the Common's outdoor stage. Tickets are $15.50 and $17.50 for reserved seating. Call 426-6666 or 787-8000 for more information...