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...Pacific, and has spoken out against a communications experiment that placed a band of metallic needles in orbit. In both cases he was convinced that the shots endangered other scientific projects and observations. When a Soviet space probe actually hit Venus last month, he castigated the Russians with equal vigor. "This is a regrettable event which has annoyed me considerably," he said. "This landing may have seriously affected a future biological survey of the planet's surface...
...Japanese basso (Kunikazu Ohashi) and a Spanish tenor (José Maria Perez). The libretto deals with Attila's siege of Italy in the 5th century and is embellished with the usual subplots of revenge, lust and political hanky-panky. What makes the opera worth the salvaging is the vigor and sheer melodic beauty of the score. Though Verdi the patriot worked at odds with Verdi the composer, the fervor of his convictions could occasionally inspire him as well. The opening aria "Let us be free," for example, is charged with the kind of youthful brio that was to come...
Died. Norair Sisakyan, 59, biochemist and head of medical studies in the Soviet space program, who evaluated the pioneering tests performed on Soviet dogs Belka and Strelka during 1960's Sputnik V flight, urged that the biological aspects of manned space flights "be attacked with vigor," and since then had a major hand in every flight involving living creatures, from Yuri Gagarin in 1961 to last month's launching of two dogs in still-orbiting Cosmos 110; of undisclosed causes; reportedly in Tyuratam, U.S.S.R...
...Latin motto -- "wisdom challenges youth's vigor" -- adorns a perpetual trophy designed by coach Edo Marion for this revival of an old tradition...
...betokened no military crisis or vital policy change. Rather, as suggested by its unprecedented emphasis on peaceful programs for the Vietnamese, the President's mission reflected his determination to continue what he calls his "two-fisted" approach to the war: a simultaneous attempt to wage the conflict with vigor while hoping to end it at the negotiating table. Johnson had resumed that now-familiar stance earlier in the week when he announced resumption of U.S. bombing of North Viet Nam while taking his peace offensive to the United Nations...