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...Cosmodrome, furthermore, is deteriorating rapidly from the harsh desert climate, from neglect and from outright theft and vandalism. Leaky roofs allow rainwater to flood the interiors of assembly buildings, and some of the launching pads are no longer usable. "People steal anything, even copper cable or sheet metal from the roofs of buildings," reports Sergei Leskov, a space correspondent for Izvestia. Last year a supply rocket reached Mir with part of its complement of food missing--evidently looted on the ground by launch crews. The danger is not so much of an accident, say U.S. space experts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMBRACE IN SPACE | 7/10/1995 | See Source »

...broad daylight, three would-be robbers in fake hair, mustaches and eyeglasses tried to steal nearly $300,000 from a Harvard Square bank...

Author: By Valerie J. Macmillan, | Title: 'Exciting' Year for Harvard | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...find something cool like a chair thatboth you and your neighbors across the hall want,don't let them steal it. Shed blood first. Takeadvantage of the fact that older people expectfirst-years to be immature, so fight it out nowbefore it's too late...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: If You're Here, You May Be There Already | 6/27/1995 | See Source »

...however, it would be the lightweights that would steal the spotlight. the lights avenged a third-place finish in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet by winning Sprints and then the National Title...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Men's Lights Shine, While Heavy Crew Struggles | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

...just not substantiated. The arguments against [affirmative action] appeal to fears that some unqualified Black male is going to steal your job, not the social reality," Brown says. "According to the Federal Glass Ceiling Report, 95 percent of senior executives in American industry are white males, even though they only compose 32 percent of the workforce. [White male] fears are not justified...

Author: By Victoria E.M. Cain, | Title: Rethinking Affirmative Action | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

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