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...other findings involve Europa and Ganymede, two of Jupiter's twelve moons. According to spectroscopic observations made at Arizona's Kitt Peak National Observatory by a team under M.I.T.'s Carl Pilcher, both bodies seem to be covered by large areas of water ice similar to earthly frost. Two other Jovian moons, Callisto and Io, also show signs of frost particles, but the evidence is slightly less certain. While the discovery of water on Jupiter's four inner moons does not necessarily mean that life forms exist on any of them, the scientists noted, it increases...
...last October to separate the cease-fire-the military aspects of the conflict-from the eventual political settlement. "We are not back to square one," insists a ranking U.S. diplomat in Paris. But neither had the Administration returned to the heady optimism of last October when Kissinger, at the peak of his prestige, made his famous pronouncement that peace was at hand...
...mood, the rugby players happily yelled "?Ole!" or "?Conga!" each time the turboprop hit an air pocket. But then, recalled Roberto Canessa, a 19-year-old medical student, "I looked out as we turned and saw a mountain only a few feet away." Without warning, the plane hit a peak and slid like a toboggan for half a mile down an 80° slope. When the plane finally stopped in a huge snowdrift at 11,900 feet above sea level, 18 people were dead or dying. "One of the pilots was alive," said Canessa, "but he was pleading...
...members' composite prediction for the following year was that the gross national product would reach $1,049.2 billion and unemployment would peak at 6% to 6.2%. The actual figures at the year's end: $1,050 billion...
...Radcliffe team was star-studded, with eight first-place performances in the meet's 13 events. Juniors RoAnn Costin and team captain Connie Cervilla accounted for four first places. "These girls just never seem to peak," McCabe said. "I think they could do almost anything they want...