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...could be as much as 6,000 miles off the route projected to take it within 300 miles of the snowball. That much of an error could send it either too far from the nucleus to get the desired results or crash it into the comet. Says ESA's Bonnet: "This is going to be the most difficult observation ever made in interplanetary space...
...double shield, one made of aluminum and the other of Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests. Even then, Giotto is not expected to survive the encounter unharmed. A collision with a large dust particle or small meteoroid could ruin the entire operation. "The biggest danger we face," says Bonnet, "is that the craft's antenna will be knocked out of alignment and we will lose control over...
...among the grand gifts in Only the Best by Stuart E. Jacobson (Abrams; 216 pages; $35). In this celebration of the sumptuous, it is the odd items that twinkle brightest: a money clip from Jack Benny to George Burns ("I want the dollar bill back!"); an Indian war bonnet from Gary Cooper to Pablo Picasso; Henry Fonda's painting of Stewart's favorite horse to Old Friend Jimmy; and from Stan Laurel to young Roddy McDowall, his famous hat, autographed...
...Irishman worth his bonnet would think of celebrating St. Patrick's Day without a shamrock. Least of all the 700 lads of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, serving with the British Army of the Rhine in West Germany. Since 1965, the happy task of bringing a bit o' the green to the boys of the brigade has gone to Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. This year was no exception. To the stirring strains of the regimental band's bag pipes, fifes and drums, the Queen Mum presented her troops with fresh sprigs of three-leaf clover, which they...
Granny! Jethro! Elly May! C'mon in from the cement pond and sit down for a spell. You remember Miss Jane Hathaway, who used to work down at the bank with Mr. Drysdale when they called us the Beverly Hillbillies? Now, Granny, keep your bonnet on. Anyways, it turns out that her real name is Nancy Kulp, 62, and don't this beat all: she's running for the United States Congress in the ninth district of her home state of Pennsylvania. I know it's hard to imagine that strait-laced woman as a liberal...