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...meteor storm -- and while stargazers across the globe settle down for a romantic cascade of shooting stars, scientists and corporations scramble to save their satellites from the biggest Earth-bound bombardment the space age has ever seen. As you read this, tiny fragments from the Comet Tempel-Tuttle's tail are whizzing toward our unsuspecting planet at a dizzying 155,000 mph. You, of course, are protected by many miles of flammable, oxygen-rich atmosphere. The satellite your pager uses -- not to mention your phone company, your cable company and your government -- isn't so lucky. Our entire orbital army...
...only piece of costume we have is a skunk tail," said Catherine Fasbender, applying the finishing touches of makeup to David's face in a trial run for Saturday's big event...
...first year of his term a few years ago, new president Hunter Rawlings announced that first-years would no longer be allowed to live in program houses. After a series of near-riots, the president relented and retreated to his office with his proverbial tail between his legs to come up with a new idea. Last spring, he announced a plan to move all first-years to North Campus. Virtually everyone on campus--except, notably, those in the program houses--thought that this was a bad idea, for a number of reasons...
Rafter, looking like a Samurai warrior with a pony tail and a mangy beard that he grew during the tournament, has a game tailor-made for the hard, fast courts and hard, fast balls of the U.S. Open...
...currently in service, 119 of which are dedicated to passenger travel. The jet, a descendant of the DC-10, has technology that allows it to be steered during an emergency by alternating thrust on the two underwing engines even if the center engine in the tail explodes and severs all hydraulic control lines for the rudders and elevators--as in the case of a DC-10 that crash-landed in an Iowa cornfield in 1989. The Swissair MD-11 successfully underwent a thorough inspection just over a year ago, and Swissair's safety-and-maintenance record is solid...