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...minutes. The touchdown was a bit rough: Discovery blew a tire as it rolled to a stop on the Kennedy Space Center's three-mile-long runway. Upon examination, the ship proved to have suffered more external damage than any previous shuttle--a dinner-plate-size hole near its wingtip and damage to 123 protective tiles. NASA will carefully assess the damage, but has no plans to cancel or postpone future scheduled missions...
After signing the necessary paperwork at Fennessy’s Harvard Square office, the pair reported to Wellesley for what Silverman described as a “rushed” costume fitting. He described his wardrobe—double-breasted suits, loose slacks, and old wingtip shoes—as simply “very ’50s clothing.” Jacobs, however, was much more blunt. “I looked as though I had borrowed my clothes from a recently deceased grandfather,” he said...
...operating inside the corridors of power, Perot has not broken any laws. The Constitution protects the right of citizens to go wingtip to wingtip with their leaders. But if there is anything voters are asking of those who would be President this time around, it is that they be honest about who they are. At the moment, the poetry of the Perot campaign -- what he is selling and thousands of volunteers are buying -- is the image of a Texas outrider ready to represent the little guy against the power brokers and reclaim the country from moral paralysis...
...shirts, most students prefer simple pleats. "Ruffles are out. They're high school," says Frusztajer. Goldstein notes that shirts with wingtip collars--at $16.50 new and $7.50 used--are particularly popular right now with Keezer's patrons...
...beefing up security while trying to remain a symbol of an open and hospitable government. The State Department has undertaken 200 security projects at 120 chancelleries since the U.S. embassy in Beirut was blasted last April. When Secretary of State George Shultz flew into Tunis this month, his aircraft wingtip lights were doused and the plane even made an unusual zigzag landing approach...