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...they were sincere about the qualifications," he said, "I had a good chance at it." They were sincere, he had the qualifications, and in 1978 he joined the space program. "The true courage of space flight," he told students, * "is not sitting aboard 6 million lbs. of fire and thunder as one rockets away from this planet. True courage comes in enduring . . . persevering, the preparation and believing in oneself...
Scattering Pine Needles: music-theater, Thunder Bay Ensemble, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Friday and Saturday...
...mishap could not have come at a worse time for grain exporters. Their shipping season ends Dec. 16, shortly before the seaway freezes up, although on occasion the seaway has been kept open an extra week or two when weather permitted. For Thunder Bay, Ont., the world's largest grain-exporting port, a lengthy shutdown could imperil the delivery of 6 million tons of Canadian wheat and animal feed bound for the Soviet Union. At the port of Milwaukee, ( 20,000 tons of food destined for famine victims in Africa and India last week sat piled up on the docks...
SPINE-TINGLING MUSIC eerily permeates the scene. Slow, relentless footsteps pulse onward. Somewhere a shutter creaks in the wind. Suddenly, thunder splits the air. A flash of blinding lightning reveals a veiled figure, in its hand a weapon, a knife that brutally, inexpicably, and fatally goes slash in the night...
...noise was like thunder," recalled Tito Garcia Mendez, 60, who was riding the city's sleek subway, one of the capital's brightest successes. "All the lights went out. People began screaming. I felt dizzy. I thought it was because I was hungry." Fernando Levaro, 21, a medical student, was driving to an early class. "My car began swinging from one side of the road to the other. I could see lampposts and buildings swaying. People began to run, but they didn't know where to go. It was terrible." Arturo Cholula, 40, was getting dressed...