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...Soviet Union's first reusable spacecraft orbited the Earth twice today and landed eight miles from its launch pad in Central Asia, marking the first unmanned space shuttle flight ever, a spokesperson for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said yesterday...
...week's end the contagion was largely contained. Defense Department officials were quick to point out that no data had been lost, no files destroyed, and none of the Government's most sensitive computer operations -- systems that do everything from gather intelligence to launch missiles -- had been compromised. But the event raised disturbing questions. "It shouldn't be so easy," says Lawrence Rogers, head of Princeton's Office of Computing and Information Technology. Harold Highland, editor of Computers & Security magazine, sees a useful lesson. "This attack is a wake-up call to all operators and users of computer networks...
...longer. Sears' popularity as a retailer has slipped drastically, eroding the company's profits and depressing its stock price. The slump finally forced the company's management last week to launch a major restructuring that involves paring down its overhead and revamping its marketing philosophy. In a bidding process that may take six months or more, Sears hopes to sell its tower for perhaps six times the $200 million it cost to complete in 1974. In addition, Sears will sell off the commercial-property division of its Coldwell Banker real estate firm for an estimated $500 million, and the health...
WEEI Broadcasts Launch Homeless Benefit Drive...
Republicans have suggested that the Dukakis plan smacks of socialism. Ironically, it bears a striking resemblance to a plan put forward in February 1971 by a man seldom accused of being a liberal: Richard Nixon. The most equitable -- and therefore politically least feasible -- solution would be to launch a federal health-insurance program financed by premiums based on income. Do not look for any candidate running for office to suggest that...