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While at the Kennedy School, Godwin plans to develop strategies to launch a broader-based more cohesive Rainbow Coalition campaign in the future. "I hope to use this fellowship to assess the campaign and prepare a report for Jesse and his inner circle--this is what we did, this is what we did wrong or right, this is what we do from here," proclaims the Jackson campaign's head in four states...
...after the unsuccessful campaign, the two "went down to the Bahamas to get some sun and start thinking about 1984," he says There, Jackson decided to launch a major push to register one million new voters before the 1984 election and in test reaction to a run for the Presidency...
Apple Computer's Macintosh model, which came on the market one year ago, took off faster than any other personal computer since the launch of IBM's PC in 1981. Apple so far has sold more than 275,000 Macintoshes. The company, the symbol of U.S. entrepreneurial innovation, saw profits in the first quarter of fiscal 1985 zoom to $46.1 million, an eightfold gain from the same period in 1984. Yet Macintosh (basic price: $2,195) and its maker have a serious handicap. Many Macintosh buyers have been Apple's characteristic flannel-shirt clientele--students, hackers and do-it-yourselfers...
From the outset, Space Shuttle Mission 51-C was supposed to be shrouded in secrecy. Last December the press was told only that the upcoming flight would be the first of many manned shuttle missions carrying purely military payloads. The precise launch time was not announced, to make it more difficult for the Soviets to track the flight. On the morning of the launch, which was pushed back a day because ice formed on the shuttle during a cold snap at Cape Canaveral, journalists were informed simply that the countdown was "proceeding smoothly." Finally, at 2:41 p.m., there...
...launch time was perhaps the best-kept secret of the mission. Many other details had been leaked to the press, prompting the Pentagon to start an investigation of the alleged security breach. The shuttle's main cargo was a military intelligence satellite called a SIGINT (for "signals intelligence"), which is able to intercept electronic messages. The 6,000- lb. bird was to be spring-ejected from the shuttle, then rocket-propelled into a geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above the equator. The satellite will allow the U.S. to eavesdrop on traffic between Moscow and Soviet missile command centers. Using radar...