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...Apollo 13 mission--launched at 13:13 military time on an April afternoon in 1970--carried the threat of death in its oxygen tanks. They exploded on April 13, imperiling both the mission and the lives of astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert. Commander Lovell, history's greatest traveler with almost 7 million miles on his Gemini and Apollo odometers, had dreamed of walking on the moon. Now he and his companions would be lucky to walk again on the earth. In an anxious four days, they would learn how to pilot a wounded, runaway craft; they would...
...Yeatter Duvall, Washington CONGRATULATIONS FOR ADDRESSING THE violence in the media issue [Cover Stories, June 12] with a degree of responsible depth. You not only suggested viable solutions but also respected the intellect of your readership. It's disturbing that more politicians don't exercise the same qualities. Fred Moffett Orange, California...
...happens when your first four house choices were already filled and you were randomly placed into a less popular house. (See Quadded.) 2. What will happen to every incoming first-year, beginning with the class of '99, thanks to the final decision of former dean of the College L. Fred Jewett...
...months after he disappeared in Chechnya, humanitarian Fred Cuny, known in aid circles as the "Master of Disaster" for his ability to bring relief to war-torn areas, has been awarded a $305,000 "genius grant" by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. "We presume he's alive," says MacArthur spokesman Ted Hearne. "We are holding the award for him until he gets back." Cuny's family cannot even use the money to find its recipient...
...short, Dole is allowing supporters a scant 24 hours to regroup before a second and final vote Thursday. Overnight, Tumulty reports, Democratic lobbying will target four Republican senators, three of whom must change their minds if the Senate is to reach a decision on Foster: John Warner of Virginia, Fred Thompson of Tennessee, Ted Stevens of Alaska and Mark Hatfield of Oregon. None, she says, is expected to budge...