Word: thursdaye
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...fair to Clark R. Chapman, the Southwest Research Institute asteroid expert, there are an awful lot of rocks out there, and fewer than 200 have been ticked off the list of an expected 2,000 near-Earth objects. But Chapman's star turn at the House Science Committee Thursday provided little more than an advert for NASA's proposed $5 million asteroid tracking program, a wrist-slap for the Clinton administration's vetoing of an Air Force asteroid mission, and -- whisper it low -- a chance for Congress to cash in on the "Deep Impact" craze before Godzilla stomps all over...
...strongly disagree with those who would argue that some sort of Faustian bargain has been struck whereby public figures are fair game, any time, any place," Michael J. Fox said at a congressional hearing Thursday. It's hard to sympathize with the singleminded paparazzi who, Fox testified, "chased me on foot and in my car, yelled obscene comments at my entire family, and literally staked out my home." But opponents say villains could use the restrictions to keep their crimes from photojournalists' cameras. Peace of mind for Hollywood celebrities or an unfettered press -- take your pick...
...President Charles M. Vest praised the Working Group on Dangerous Drinking report last Thursday and announced that he will implement one of the key recommendations by searching for an alcohol czar...
...advance of his funeral mass, scheduled for Wednesday, and burial later in a family plot near Palm Springs. The interment site at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City is where his mother, Natalie "Dolly" Sinatra, and father, Anthony Martin Sinatra, are buried. Sinatra was 82 when he died Thursday of heart failure...
BELFAST: The ayes have it, British Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted Thursday in his bid to coax voters to deliver a resounding 'yes' on the Irish peace accord in Friday's referendum. TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand reports that anxiety over a "no" vote had increased after the initial euphoria over the deal gave way to mounting fear in the Protestant community -- spooked by the dire warnings of rejectionists -- that the early release of convicted IRA terrorists would set killers loose among them. Blair was at pains to reassure voters today to stress that parties committed to violence would...