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...Every great nation can withstand anything. It will spring back and will flower," he said...
With skins of an ultrathin, steely composite of polyester and polyethylene ("like sandwich bags," says Tueller), the new balloons will withstand pressures created by stratospheric solar heating and retain enough helium to circle the globe five to 10 times. The first of NASA's smaller trial balloons is to be launched in March 1999, to be followed a year later by a demonstration flight carrying a Washington University cosmic-ray detector. Over the horizon Tueller sees more astronomy and astrophysics experiments as well as Earth monitoring, such as observing the ozone hole, and perhaps even semipermanent balloons to replace some...
...streamed into the Gulf region, the angry and defiant Iraqi spokesman said Baghdad would make no concessions. "Iraq has accepted a U.S. attack as a fait accompli," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "They see it as the next step in their battle against sanctions. Iraq believes it can withstand U.S. attacks, and that pressure from Arab countries will eventually force Washington to back down...
...course, in addition to the oft-over-looked strategy required in cross-country, runners must also withstand extreme pain to cross the finish line ahead of their opponents...
...Mayer, director of Harvard Dining Services, said he decided to introduce the new dishes to improve the dining experience, adding that they might better withstand the wear and tear of a college dining hall...