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Starr was significantly aided by a three-year stint at Harvard's prestigious Society of Fellows, which afforded him the freedom to enlarge the scope of his project...
Since 1971, when the first Soyuz-Salyut hookup took place, about 30 flights have been launched. Over the years the space stations have set several impressive records, including the longest stint in orbit (211 days in 1982). Salyut 7, launched with great fanfare in April 1982, is the most sophisticated so far; weighing some 40 tons and outfitted with three docking ports, the beetle-shaped craft is designed to serve eventually as the core of a much larger complex. Two members of last week's hapless team, Vladimir Titov and Gunady Strakalov, were forced to return to earth after...
Unlike many undergraduates eager to break into the real world of politics, vice presidential press secretary Peter Teeley looks upon his stint at Harvard as an IOP fellow as a chance to return to the "real world"--the world outside the Washington. D.C. beltway...
...thinks." One reporter finally did. Well, replied Reagan, it just so happened that he agreed with both officials. "Most people in America," he hazarded, shared the sentiment that "we aren't asking anyone to leave, but if they choose to leave, goodbye." As for a six-month stint in Moscow for the diplomats, "It would give them an opportunity to see two ways of life...
...returned to the United States after a two-year stint in Nepal to become an assistant dean at the Business School acting as a student counselor...