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...became an instant hero to both Hawaiians and Japanese Americans last January as the first member of either group to fly in space. Ellison Onizuka was a mission specialist on last year's classified military flight of Discovery, but he was perhaps most appreciated among colleagues for his gentle, unassuming manner. Describing one of the tasks he was to perform on Challenger, to film Halley's comet with a hand-held camera, he remarked with typical understatement, "I'll be looking at Halley's comet. They tell me I'll have one of the best views around...
...After graduating from Mohawk High School and receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Jarvis earned a master's degree in engineering from Northeastern University in Boston. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1969, became a specialist in tactical communications satellites at the Air Force Space Division in El Segundo, Calif., and rose to the rank of captain. During his time in the service, he worked on advanced tactical communications satellites. He left the Air Force in 1973 to join the Hughes Aircraft Co. as an engineer. There...
Collins, an Irish literature specialist,resigned last May for a combination of personaldifficulties, which were said to have includedhousing expenses...
Program participants seem enthusiastic about their experiences here, which they unvaryingly describe with glowing praise. Venezuelan farmer Joaquin A. Perez says his contact with a Business School agribusiness specialist has been one of most rewarding aspects of his stay in Cambridge...
...York City, the January-delivery price of West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark crude, took a record two-day plunge of $3.51, to $25.23 per bbl. Some traders lost millions of dollars overnight. "It was the oil market's 1929. It was catastrophic," said Peter Beutel, a petroleum specialist for Manhattan's Rudolf Wolff Futures...