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...1/2-ton, instrument-crammed spacecraft named after the Italian astronomer will hurtle past two of those moons, Europa and Io, then swing into orbit around Jupiter. There, if all goes well, it will conduct the most thorough study ever of the solar system's largest planet and its swarm of moons (Jupiter is known to have at least...
...RALPH ROBERTS is the best-selling Realtor in America this year. By the end of October, the almost pathologically can-do salesman from Warren, Michigan, had sold more than 500 homes, priced on average at $115,000. He did it with the help of two car phones, a swarm of assistants to do the paperwork, and countless fridge magnets, flyers and referrals. Other techniques are less orthodox--and, alas, less tasteful. He sends out letters to people who are in foreclosure or going through a divorce. He lends buyers money. But most of all, he just loves to sell...
First there came Johnnie Cochran, descending on the Law School with his swarm of Nation of Islam bodyguards. Four days later Los Angeles County District Attorney Gil Garcetti was part of a panel speaking at the Law School. And, less than two weeks from today, prosecutor Christopher Darden will be speaking in Sanders Theater. A strange trend is developing...
...achieved remarkable success in feeding and sheltering refugees and in eradicating smallpox, to cite only two accomplishments. While a failure in Bosnia, peacekeeping has been effective in other parts of the world. But even the U.N.'s fiercest defenders agree that on the whole the swarm of agencies, funds, commissions and regional offices has operated with an inefficiency that can no longer be tolerated. The entire U.N. system spends about $10.5 billion a year. That's not a lot of money, considering the U.N.'s mission (it's about one-third of New York City's budget). Even...
...Dakota, has one tiny window with a plastic pane. It is made of Sheetrock and cheap wood siding. In winter the frigid South Dakota wind tears through it like a knife. When it rains, its dirt and sawdust floor becomes a swamp. Now, in a sweltering late summer, flies swarm in and out with impunity...