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...earth. Late last year, Skylab began to show a dangerous loss of altitude, a byproduct of atmospheric effects caused by unexpectedly strong sunspot activity during the current solar cycle. Skylab's descent is being hastened by its wobbling motion, which increases friction as the ship moves through stray molecules of atmosphere in its path. Ground controllers twice tried unsuccessfully to stabilize the craft, hoping to keep it aloft at least until the end of 1979. By then the space shuttle may be ready to carry into space a small booster that could be attached to Skylab to push...
...swarm of photographers gathered to capture the moment. Rose smiled, shook hands and tipped his cap?all the while keeping one foot solidly planted on the bag. For 38 straight games, he had been a tough out, and even in his glory, Pete Rose was not about to stray from first. On base was where he belonged...
...bones broke through the flesh. The bone, gaping from Day's arm like a jagged tooth, remained untreated for four months-until Day's half-dead cellmate, Navy Lieut. Commander John McCain, another torture victim, regained consciousness sufficiently to fashion, out of his own bandages and a stray bamboo stick, a cast...
...attracted a crowd of admirers and hangers-on without equal in the Square. Perhaps it's the pinball machines, which are the focus of truly intense play late into the evening, or maybe it's the extraordinarily friendly counter help; it's probably the menu, because once you stray from the cheesesteak you're on your own. Whatever the secret, Tommy's always attracts a big crowd. And he knows it, too--the prices just went up, and are now at the upper limit of the tolerable range (we just can't believe grease has gotten that expensive). Early risers...
...search warrants do not prevent investigators from poring over all sorts of things while looking for the specific evidence they are seeking. Journalists are afraid this could have a chilling effect on sources, who might choose to remain silent for fear that their names would be found on a stray scrap of paper during a search. Edward W. Barrett, publisher of the Columbia Journalism Review, envisions a distressing scenario: "A newspaper in Blankville, Tenn., starts an expose of police corruption, and at 11 o'clock some night, police come in with a warrant given by a docile judge. They...