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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...none of these defensive measures can be effective without adequate warning. And given the large numbers of undiscovered NEOs still out there, says David Morrison at NASA's Ames Research Center, an asteroid strike could take place with far less than a 30-year warning. Indeed, says Morrison ominously, "the most likely warning time would be zero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asteroids: Whew! | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

...description of crew members, whom colleagues and commanders praised for their flying skills and professionalism. And all the 35 EA-6B flyers interviewed said they had never heard of anyone flying too low, too fast or doing improper stunts--what Marine pilots call "flat hatting." It did strike some Pentagon officials as peculiar that there is a nickname for something the pilots say they never do and never heard of others doing. Officials also point out that another EA-6B squadron in Italy last year apparently videotaped some of its own flat hatting. A Marine commander who in the wake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Marine Corps | 3/23/1998 | See Source »

WILL WINDamon (who will win one for his screenplay) and Hoffman (who already has two, doggonit), are easy to strike. I'm not convinced Peter Fonda's career ever impressed anyone enough to merit a "comeback" paean, so look for Robert Duvall to eke out a victory over SAG and Globe winner Nicholson, Duvall is much-admired and under-Oscared, and he wrote, directed, financed and starred in his picture...take that, Matt Damon...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, | Title: OSCAR PICKS 1998 | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

Next time, maybe Unwound will leave the feigned introspection and rote regurgitation at the door and actually strike up a dynamic relationship with the audience...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sonic Smorgasbord for the Self-Absorbed | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

Weaver's formula has become hardball shorthand for the quick-strike offense, the lineup capable of breaking a game open with one or two well-timed drives. And that approach rules in college baseball's dominant South and Midwest...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revamped Staff, Explosive Lineup Key Hardball Repeat Bid | 3/19/1998 | See Source »

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