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...become a $180 billion industry in the U.S., of which only a small portion is attributable to NASA or military spending. The commercial share includes spending on satellite television and radio and GPS devices as well as five "spaceports" already licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration in California, Florida, Virginia and Kodiak Island and others under development around the country like the one in New Mexico...
With its announcement Monday afternoon, the University of Virginia became the third prominent university—and the first highly ranked public university—to dismantle its early admissions program, following Harvard and Princeton’s decisions earlier this month. Just as Harvard and Princeton did, Virginia said that its move is an attempt to level the playing field for economically disadvantaged students who tend to use early admissions at a dramatically lower rate than middle or high income applicants. “The opportunity that early decision has represented has come somehow to be the property...
...world economy. We must be able to meet current needs while preserving adequate resources and the environment for our grandchildren. Our economic goals may seem less urgent, but failing to meet them could be disastrous and create more problems than would losing the war on terrorism. Chris Wiegard Chester, Virginia, U.S. "No question, 9/11 was an act of war," said Ferguson. Actually, 9/11 was mass murder, and it should have been treated as mainly a challenge for the police and intelligence services. Interpreting the 9/11 attacks as an act of war demanding military reprisal has only helped up the ante...
...severely polluted from the spill of heavier-than-air toxic gas. “This resolution will be much needed support for the disaster’s survivors,” she said. “They have not been forgotten.” —Staff writer Virginia A. Fisher can be reached at vafisher@fas.harvard.edu...
...Pork Trumps Scandal in West Virginia Democrat Alan Mollohan was supposed to be one ethically challenged incumbent that Republicans could beat. But so far, voters don't seem to agree