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...minutes slipped by--and air hissed from Vinogradov's limited supply--the leak stopped being a laughing matter, since a spacesuit rupture in a vacuum can be instantly fatal. Ultimately, Mission Control ordered the airlock repressurized and told the crew to scrounge up another glove and start all over...
...flashlight, he found that the place looked surprisingly undisturbed. The darkened instrument panels were covered with a layer of sparkly frost, and a cloud of white crystals floated about like fireflies. These were thought to be the remains of a bottle of shampoo that had ruptured in the vacuum...
...caught a shaft of sunlight, and power began flowing to the blacked-out lab, causing it to stir to life. "I can see fans spinning and pumps working," he called out. "You're giving us really good news," a controller said, laughing. "Russian equipment works even in a total vacuum...
...Most High completed his artistic vision for their block. It didn't. Eleven years later, thousands of used shoes are piled by the sidewalk and hanging in the trees--along with rusty car hoods and tires strewn across a vacant lot and rows and rows of discarded vacuum cleaners, stuffed animals and broken dolls. Heidelberg Street is also festooned in polka dots. "I'm going to polka-dot this whole city," proclaims Guyton, 41, who says the dots commemorate his late grandfather's love of jelly beans...
...service from successful endeavors in other fields. (In fact, there is no ordained clergy whatsoever: the term priest applies to all males over age 12 in good standing in the church, and "bishops," while supervising congregations, are part-time lay leaders.) Religious observers point out that this creates a vacuum of theological talent in a church with a lot of unusual theology to explain. But the benefit, notes Stark, is that "people at the top of the Mormon church have immense experience in the world. These guys have been around the track. Why do they choose to invest directly? Because...