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Come December, NASA plans to use a shuttle to send aloft the Hubble Space Telescope. The so-called ST will fly above the earth's atmosphere, whose turbulence limits the clarity of astronomical photos taken from the planet's surface. The ST's forte will thus be the sharpness of its pictures, which astronomers hope will help answer long-standing questions about the structures of distant galaxies and mysterious pinpoints of light called quasars, and about whether other stars have planets similar to earth...
Since the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), Roman Catholicism has shown the most readiness to embrace Africanization. One of the boldest steps came in 1967, when the newly built St. Paul's Church in Lagos opened its doors to reveal frankly pagan symbols and statues. A black Nigerian priest protested at the time, "You are taking us back from whence we came -- paganism." But prominent Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya notes that the Yorubas "worship God through the spirit Orisha, who will pray to God for them and obtain the blessings they desire -- not so very different from parishioners kneeling before...
Providence (21-16-2) meets Maine (29-11) tonight, opening a best-of-three quarterfinal series at Alfond Arena in Orono, Me. The winner faces the Wisconsin-Minnesota victor in the national semifinals next week at St. Paul, Minn...
...St-Long Beach
Last Friday, St. Mary's Julie Croteau became the first woman ever to play a NCAA baseball game. The freshman went 0 for 3 in the team's 4-1 loss to Spring Garden...