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...however, exploded to score two goals in the space of a minute and nearly got the go-ahead goal, as they put the pressure on the Harvard skaters. McManama capitalized on Harvard's second man-advantage situation with an assist from Dave Hynes, to put the Crimson back in command. B.C. again put the pressure on and tied the game with less than three minutes in the period...
...Apollo 15 carried him to the moon in July 1971, Astronaut Worden had never been particularly introspective. Poetry had had no place in his life; he rarely read any, and he had never written a line. But something happened to Worden as he orbited the moon alone in the command ship Endeavor while his crewmates explored the lunar surface. Since his return, he has been moved to put his feelings about space flight into verse, some of it deeply personal and soul searching. Worden's new interest is only one example of an extraordinary postflight phenomenon. In spite...
...look down at the world as an American but as a human being." Other astronauts found the isolation of space exhilarating even when they were behind the moon, out of touch with the earth. Michael Collins was actually delighted to be left behind in the Apollo 11 command ship after Armstrong and Aldrin departed for their moon walk: "I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling had ever been before...
...ambitious mission, as planned, will require two command ships, each carrying a crew of six. If one craft becomes disabled, the other can safely return all of the astronauts to earth. Unlike lunar missions, the journey will not begin directly from earth; that would require boosters too huge to be practical. Instead, the two cylindrical ships will be lofted piecemeal into earth orbit by Saturn-type boosters. There, the separate parts will be latched together. Finally, a space shuttle will bring up the astronauts as well as their fuel and supplies...
...conditions for political talks are unacceptable to the British: a declaration of British intent to quit Northern Ireland, withdrawal of troops to their barracks, and a general amnesty. The British government is no longer interested, and not only out of fear of infuriating the Protestants. The Northern Ireland army command claims that more than 182 I.R.A. officers and men have been arrested since July, a total that could only rise with the prospect ahead of more arrests in the South...