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...three main engines seemed to be heating up to a dangerous 1,950 °F. That sensor alerted the onboard computer, and for the first time in the 24-year history of the U.S. manned space, an engine was shut down in flight. But as the craft hobbled bravely heavenward, mission control decided that the seven crew members should proceed with the flight at a stunted orbit of 197 miles above earth (the planned orbit was 242 miles). Challenger carried a $73 million array of sophisticated astronomical and scientific instruments, and researchers hoped that a series of 14 experiments, some...
...worshippers face Mecca. "Allahu akbar." Hands lift heavenward. "God is great." They bow as a voice leads them through the litany. "Alhamdulillah." From the familiar words to the leader's call and the 100-strong congregation's murmured response, the prayers sound much as they always do. "Praise be to God." Except that the voice leading them is a woman...
...loving wife who is unjustly accused of infidelity. After that, she played mum to the top male stars of Bombay's Golden Age: Dilip Kumar in Ganga Jumna, Dev Anand in Guide, Dharmendra in Aap Ki Parchhaiyan. Women on pedestals are expected to behave like statuary: the heavenward glance, the beseeching gesture, a grandeur silent and stoic. Not Chitnis. Hers was a robust femininity; it humanized the saints she played. She retired in the '80s and moved to the U.S.?alas, without the happy ending. She died alone in a Danbury, Conn., nursing home. But in a sense, all lovers...
More than most presidential candidates, Bush promised during his campaign to look heavenward for guidance if elected. In nearly every speech he talked about putting his hand on the Bible and told voters he didn't need polls to know what to do, so help him God. And yet campaign promises are not the only reason--nor the most important reason--that moral certitude plays such a crucial role in Bush's decisions overseas. He came to office largely ignorant of foreign affairs. His team split immediately--and deeply--after his Inauguration into two fiercely divided camps, and is already...
...Golden Triangle, take a drive to Phu Chi Fah, one of the most picturesque and unspoiled spots in Thailand. Its name means "mountain points to the sky," and when you arrive you'll realize why. A great finger of earth thrusts up from the Thai border, gesturing heavenward, while hundreds of meters below a seemingly endless valley fans out into Laos, where scattered black peaks sail on a billowing sea of low-lying cloud...