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...Soviet probe Vega 1 will fly through the coma, passing within 6,000 miles of the nucleus. It will be followed by another Soviet craft, two Japanese probes, and the European Space Agency's Giotto, which will make the most daring pass of all. On March 13, Giotto will swoop within about 300 miles of Halley's nucleus and--if it survives the encounter --transmit the first close-up pictures of a comet's nucleus ever seen...
...University with all the investment brainpower of Harvard to say that it could not over a period of a year profitably rearrange its portfolio is straining credibility. Students are not demanding that Harvard literally sell all of its stock in one fell swoop. Harvard can drag it out over a year or two if it wants...
...title role, Richard Thomas makes the transformation from naive youth to tortured victim to avenging superhero with startling eclat. Roscoe Lee Browne, Patti LuPone, Michael O'Keefe and Zakes Mokae all have riveting individual moments, yet seem completely in step with Sellars' overall vision. In one swoop, Sellars has brought a fresh burst of energy to America's long- running quest for a true national theater. And that is what being a wunderkind is all about...
...host of good hotels, restaurants, spots to satisfy the demand; a year-round influx of some of the world's wealthiest people creates a fascinating dual economy and culture in the oldest state west of the Appalachians. Mercedes sedans park next to beat-up Chevy trucks; private helicopters swoop down on quiet farmland; expensive restaurants spring up next to Billy's Bar; and Joe Bob the trainer, a plug of Red Man in his cheek and a splash of mud on his boots, rubs elbows with Texas wildcatters and Arabian princes...
State leaders are more concerned about the Administration's proposed budget cuts, which they feel could wipe out state reserves in one swoop. Reductions in the federal contribution to state and local governments would force states to scale back many popular programs. In New York, officials say the Reagan budget proposal could cost the state $170 million in Medicaid funds, $458 million in revenue sharing, $271 million in sewage-system construction grants and $67 million for child-nutrition programs. That would turn a modest surplus into a deficit of about three-quarters of a billion dollars. The shortfalls would...