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...reaches Saturn almost five years after its visit to Jupiter. It will pass just outside Saturn's rings, sending back the first closeup pictures of those flat bands of icy debris. During that close encounter, Pioneer will also train its electronic gaze on the huge Saturnine moon, Titan, which has a diameter of some 5,800 km (3,600 miles) and a significant atmosphere, probably consisting of methane, other gases, and organic molecules like those that may have been the precursors of life on earth...
American women share in control (as of two months ago) of the mighty Titan II intercontinental missiles at bases in Arkansas, Kansas and Arizona. They are undergoing the Marine Corps' rugged boot-camp training in the forests at Quantico; are in charge of the Army's firing range at Fort Jackson; are chief instructor pilots at Williams Air Force Base; are overhauling U.S. tank engines in West Germany; and are helping create the new MX missile at the Strategic Air Command's missile design center outside Omaha...
...bruising battle ends with the dramatic firing of an industry titan...
...performing both modern works and less famous pieces by famous composers. The Orchestra continues this practice this weekend in its final concert of the season, an unusual program of Haydn, Kirchner and Mahler. James Yannatos will conduct Haydn't Symphony No. 45 ("Farewell"), and Mahler's Symphony No. 1 ("Titan"); Kirchner will be the guest conductor for his own "Music for Orchestra." The Mahler deserves close listening, expecially if you've never heard his orchestral works before; it's an interesting prelude to his even more mammoth later symphonies. The concert is on Friday evening...
...golfers finished sandwiched between Jacksonville and Flagler in their first duel match played on Flagler's home 18, the Donald Ross-designed Ponce de Leon course. Flagler is a small college golfing titan, so the Crimson's one-stroke victory proved as rare and refreshing as the barbecued steaks served up by Flagler's colorful coach Hoop Thebault at his St. Augustine condominium...