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CAPE CANAVERAL--Five astronauts blasted-off yesterday morning in the space shuttle Discovery, ready to deliver a $100 million satellite to orbit on the delayed start of an ambitious 1989 launch schedule aimed at putting America "back in the business of space...
...weather forecast--clear skies and mild temperatures--was favorable for launch. Only the possibility of strong high-altitude winds gave any concern, and NASA officials said wind conditions at midnight were acceptable...
...that would leave the University in a major bind, professors and administrators say. Essentially, Harvard would then be forced to launch major recruiting drives for professors at a time when it has become increasingly difficult for the University to attract the top-notch scholars it has always sought...
...courageous proposals, even as he artfully wooed legislators to ensure a warm reception. By the time the new President made his triumphal entrance into the House chamber, beaming and backslapping like a joyful alum at a Yale reunion, the stage was set for the programmatic speech that would boldly launch the Bush Administration...
...most scandalous financial mess. Devastated by a legacy of bad management, rampant fraud and inept Government supervision, more than 500 of the 3,150 federally insured thrifts had fallen into insolvency as of the beginning of last year. Because the U.S. failed to own up to the problem and launch a major rescue soon enough, the cost has now grown higher than almost anyone had imagined. Says Michigan Democrat Donald Riegle, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee: "We've never faced a problem of this scale. The answers aren't going to be happy ones...