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...have many opportunities to play Hartwick again and so we’re going to use that as a learning experience.”The Crimson offense found difficulty establishing a steady rhythm, especially at center.“We weren’t making enough space for either of the [centers] in the first game,” Farrar said. “They were just blindly throwing the ball into a fluffing defense with predictably unpleasant results.”The Hartwick attack, on the other hand, fired on all cylinders. Despite eight saves from co-captain Nicola...

Author: By Emmett Kistler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Wins Two, Drops Two in Full Slate | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

NASA recently held a poll to pick a name for the newest module in the International Space Station, hoping to build public excitement for its imminent completion. But instead of “Legacy,” “Earthrise,” or other sterile, optimistic names suggested by NASA, the winning name was “Colbert.” Television personality Stephen Colbert had encouraged his fans to write in his last name, even though, as he joked, “Houston may have a problem with...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Making a NASA Themselves | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...past its prime. Nearly every major manned program undergone by NASA since the early 1970s has run over budget and been delayed. Now, with the shuttle program ending, NASA will likely have to rely on Russian rockets soon (as early as 2011) just to get American astronauts to the space station...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Making a NASA Themselves | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...NASA had such a dismal track record since the Apollo program? Reduced funding tells part of the story. The space program received around $40 billion a year (adjusted for inflation) in the mid-1960s, which was at least four percent of the federal budget. But, back then, Americans also had a much greater tolerance for risk: The first successful Apollo mission was launched just eight months after the three astronauts in Apollo 1 died during testing. NASA’s tighter leash today means that riskier programs like nuclear-powered spacecraft don’t make it off the drawing...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Making a NASA Themselves | 4/5/2009 | See Source »

...remains to be seen whether Lieberman is willing to accept a truly independent Palestinian state - Netanyahu has indicated that he won't, insisting, in the name of the Jewish state's security, that Israel control the air space and borders of such an entity and have veto power over its military and foreign policies. Netanyahu's track record, however, is more pragmatic than ideological. Despite his open loathing of Yasser Arafat, Netanyahu and his previous government signed a deal in 1998 with the late PLO leader for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from parts of the West Bank, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Netanyahu Could Make Peace with Syria | 4/3/2009 | See Source »

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