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...years after the first launch of the space shuttle was supposed to initiate an era of routine space flight, NASA still doesn't have its act together. As of this writing, technicians are counting down for a nine-day life-sciences mission, originally scheduled for the mid-1980s. During the most recent delay, engineers were horrified to discover, more or less by accident, that sensors in Columbia's fuel line were cracked. If one had broken loose, it could have been sucked into the spacecraft's powerful pumps, causing the ship to explode in a replay of the Challenger disaster...
...nation of 51 million people into a wasteland of famine and internecine fighting. In the streets, hundreds celebrated the tyrant's departure, cheering as workmen dismantled a huge bronze statue of Lenin in one of the capital's main squares. The Israeli government took advantage of the confusion to launch a massive airlift of some 14,000 Ethiopian Jews who had fearfully gathered near the Israeli embassy (10,000 had been rescued during a famine in 1984). Using giant C-130 transport planes and 747 jumbo jets, the Israeli military removed the Jews, known as Falashas, in just 33 hours...
...Committee members head out to launch their attack armed with the knowledge that this--like other intramural sports--is something every house wants to win. In fact, the winning house--Kirkland this year--gets an ice cream bash and a congratulatory advertisement in The Crimson...
This week in Atlanta, Vestal will preside as thousands of dissident Baptists plot resistance to the fundamentalist trend. Chapman, for one, thinks the three-day conclave will launch something akin to a schism. At the same time, the fundamentalist leader is confident that few of the 38,000 S.B.C. congregations will join any eventual breakaway...
...occurring on campuses where Baptist theology is taught. Last fall Baylor University in Texas and Furman University in South Carolina broke ties with state Baptist associations that formerly elected their boards, thus risking lawsuits and millions of dollars in church support. Reason: the universities fear that fundamentalists will soon launch takeovers at the state level and establish control over their curriculums. Last week Baylor backed off a bit, offering to let the Texas Baptist body elect one-quarter of its board members. In the meantime, Baylor and Wake Forest universities plan new theology schools to compete with the six seminaries...