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...Harvard (how, Chris Richards: 2. Tum Gill, 3. Rick Wisentuner: 4 Paul Paradis. 5 Arthur Hollingsworth. 6 Ted Donittle. 7 John Horwblower, stroke. Dean Robinson: cox, Dave Curey). 6:54, 3.2. Northeastern...
Invitably in the course of media coverage of this shuttle, the focus shifts to Tum Wolfe's The Right Stuff, a compelling description of the early astronauts, their legacy as true pioneers, men and men only--who scraped the edges of space in a variety of sleek rocket planes and flying contraption. Today, Hoffman notes, the astronaut corps is comprised of people of all backgrounds. His group includes the first three Blacks and an Oriental. Hoffman, himself is one of the first Jewish astronauts...
...Cats turns ruminative, elegiac and theatrically spectacular. Old Gus (Steven Tate), who had wheezed his disapproval of life onto the current stage, suddenly metamorphoses into his dream role of Growltiger, a samurai pirate cat-and the playground bursts into a kaleidoscope of colorful costumes and Kabuki gymnastics. Rum Tum Tugger, the cool cat of rock (Paul Nicholas), tells the story of magical Mr. Mistoffelees (Royal Ballet Dancer Wayne Sleep), who displays twisting, spiraling, pirouetting feats of legerdepied. Finally, Old Deuteronomy bestows a rare gift on the down-and-out Grizabella: a tenth life. The stage becomes misty, an otherworldly light...
...Dubai, Wischnewski persuaded Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al Mak-tum, Defense Minister of the United Arab Emirates, to permit a rescue operation on his territory. After considerable argument, Wischnewski agreed reluctantly to the sheik's insistence that his own troops be allowed to participate. Disguised as mechanics, the commandos scouted the aircraft and helped put aboard food, water, medicine, and even a birthday cake for one of the stewardesses, Annemarie Staringer, 28. Hijackers and hostages shared the cake in what passengers later said was the only moment of cordiality during the five-day ordeal...
...near-total reliance on delivered technology: gas, electricity, oil, cars, trains, buses. To rediscover self-reliance and individual responsibility, and the kind of joy that can be pressed most sweetly from hard times. To re-establish old wisdom and simple certitudes: hot chestnuts in the hand, calories in the tum. Above all, it is a time to take private inventory of friends and bosses, associates, acquaintances and lovers, past, present and putative...