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...seven hours and 50 minutes before that landing, however, flight controllers worked frantically hi Houston to get Young, his five crewmates and their prize scientific cargo, the European-built $1 billion Spacelab, safely back to earth. During the unscheduled extension of the 166-orbit flight, the shuttle's longest, some California radio stations had even begun speculating ominously that the ship might become marooned in space...
...nation, the economic news last week was all good. Unemployment was down sharply in November, to 8.4%; the Dow Jones industrial average hit an alltime high. Around the country, retailers reported booming Christmas sales, and the leading economic indicators were up for the 14th consecutive month, the longest sustained recovery since 1975-76 (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...Randy, 21, and Tito, 30-obligingly posed for the press but left the talking to King, who predicted that the act would be "the largest-grossing, largest-netting tour ever." Chances are that King isn't talking through his hair. Michael's Thriller LP had the longest run at the top of the charts this year...
Emmanuel Vitria, 62, the world's longest-living heart-transplant patient, celebrating last week's 15th anniversary of his operation in Marseilles: "I think I'll die at 100 years of age, shot by a jealous husband...
Outstandingly conducted by Ozawa, a longtime Messiaen champion, the production is generally worthy of its subject. The title role, superbly sung by Van Dam, must surely be the longest individual part in the operatic literature. The saint appears in seven of the eight tableaux and does much, if not most, of the singing in each. At the composer's request, Giuseppe Crisolini-Malatesta based the sets and costumes on paintings by Fra Angelico, Giotto and Matthias Grünewald. As staged by Sandro Sequi, scenes are played in small, diorama-like boxes to emphasize the work's distant...