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...without sacrificing such scientifically priceless-and fiscally prudent-programs as new space telescopes and the growing fleet of interplanetary probes flown mostly by the NASA-affiliated Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). When NASA's new, no-nonsense administrator, Michael Griffin, took over last April, he echoed that. Not ?one thin dime? would be cannibalized from the hard-science missions to pay for the manned ones, he promised. Now, it appears, there will be a lot of lost dimes indeed...
...gained national fame for the airplane incident and its resulting legal battle, made a name for himself at Harvard with a catastrophic bid for the presidency of the Undergraduate Council (UC), and performed in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals (HPT), the On Thin Ice improvisational troupe (OTI), and an event called “The B.J. Show...
DIED. DON KNOTTS, 81, rail-thin, bug-eyed comedian famous for his roles as bumbling deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and ascot-sporting landlord Ralph Furley on Three's Company; in Los Angeles. Barney Fife was a tiny ensemble part until Knotts turned it into something grander, winning five Emmys in the process. A bid for family-film stardom in vehicles like The Incredible Mr. Limpet fell short, but Knotts was consistently in demand for character roles on sitcoms and in films, most recently lending his voice to Disney's Chicken Little.V...
DIED. THEODORE DRAPER, 93, irascible historian known for his masterly plumbing of official documents and talent at translating them into lively works that explored the abuse of power in U.S. politics; in Princeton, N.J. Among his best-known books: A Very Thin Line, a definitive study of the Iran-contra scandal...
...DIED. THEODORE DRAPER, 93, irascible historian known for his masterful plumbing of official documents, and talent at translating them into lively, accessible works that explored the abuse of power in U.S. politics; in Princeton, New Jersey. Among his best-known books: A Very Thin Line, a definitive study of the 1980s Iran-Contra scandal...