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...spacecraft suddenly plummeted from the sky. A voice crackled over the radio: "Things are looking good." Then, in clear view of the recovery task force and millions of television watchers round the world, three big white-and-orange-striped parachutes unfurled, braking the descent of Apollo 14's command module, Kitty Hawk. Moments later, only 900 yards off the predicted target and just four seconds behind schedule, the heat-seared ship splashed into the water in a spectacular finale to man's third and most successful expedition to the surface of the moon...
...grisly, incoherent tale of urban warfare ensues. Doors are padlocked, windows are shuttered, rifles are broken out. A paranoid detective (Alan Arkin) tries to solve Patsy's murder -and 344 other unsolved killings -amid drumfire volleys of sniper fire. Alfred lapses into catatonia, reviving just in time to command a witless, meaningless shooting spree...
...heart attack; in Alexandria, Egypt. Despite that debacle, during which Israeli troops routed his forces on the desert peninsula in less than a week, Amer remained in favor with Egypt's President Nasser, was named chief of staff in 1959, and head of the Arab unified military command in 1964, a position he retained until his retirement in 1968, after...
Following Jesus' command in the Gospel of Mark to spread the "good news" and in Matthew to "make disciples of all nations," Christian missionaries have scattered across the earth since the first Pentecost in Jerusalem. Now, despite the closing of Communist China and Third World resentment of so-called "cultural imperialism," Christian missions in many parts of the world are livelier than ever before...
...tiger cages" will be built by the firm of Raymond. Morrison, Knudsen, Brown, Root and Jones (RMK-BRJ) under a $400,000 contract. The funds will be provided by MACCORDS (Military Assistance Command Civil Operations for Revolutionary Development Support), the American paramilitary economic aid program here...