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...there it was. The sight, however, was decidedly unspectacular. Because it was still too far from the sun to sport a visible tail, and 58 million miles away from earth, the comet looked like little more than a smudged and dusty fingerprint. Or, as Hyron Spinrad, a cosmologist from the University of California, Berkeley, declared, "It's a wimp." Still, everyone was delighted. For the skywatchers, the appearance of Halley's was a once-in-a- lifetime event, and they viewed it as a sort of psychological and even spiritual landmark. Said Astronomer Susan Wyckoff of Arizona State University...
Eight of Harvard's novice crews took to the water Saturday morning to compete in the annual Tail of the Charles regatta...
Brendon J. Barnicle '89 will drive to The Game Saturday afternoon, after he competes in the Tail of the Charles, the annual freshman crew regatta. "We're bringing down whatever intoxicates. We only drink to excess," says Barnicle, "I don't think we'll have any need to go to those smiddling little New Haven clubs...
Kevin Dulsky's snap flew high over the head of punter Rob Steinberg and began rolling toward the Crimson endzone. Steinberg, who despite a missed field goal had had a marvelous day kicking the ball, turned and gave chase with a bevy of Tigers on his tail...
Boeing may have moved quickly because an internal investigation indicated that it did an inadequate repair job on the plane after the tail section was damaged in a 1978 rough landing. The company now seems eager to show airlines that it still stands behind the 747, the flagship of its fleet...