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...enough to hold two of the fighter planes that flew from the decks of World War II aircraft carriers. This capacity, and the fact that the shuttle is reusable, should make the orbiter quite economical by space-age standards. On Apollo missions, it cost $600 to lift each pound of pay load into space. The cost with the shuttle is estimated to be only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Commuting in Space | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

...lack of an adequate facility at the Jesuit complex, scheduled visitor Harvard hosted B.C. in the 35-pound weight throw and shotput events, yesterday at Briggs Cage. Thanks mainly to the heaving of Danny Jiggetts, the Crimson holds a 12-5 edge in the staggered meet, which shifts to the Eagles' domain for the remaining action this afternoon...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Harvard Grabs Early 12-5 Lead in B.C. Meet; Crimson Thinclads Seek Final Conquest Today | 12/13/1975 | See Source »

Peter H. Irons, a first-year law student, leans back in his chair, fingers smoothing a neatly-trimmed moustache that is slightly tinged with gray. Irons looks at home in the Pound Hall class on criminal law--he seems relaxed, content to follow the discussion without participating in the argument, which is about negligent homicide...

Author: By Gay Seidman, | Title: Out of Irons, Into the Dock | 12/12/1975 | See Source »

...past decade, quarterbacks and running backs still remain the celebrities of the sport. Certainly the action along the line of scrimmage gets only passing attention from TV cameras and fans. But this trench warfare is as fierce as anything in sport. Grunting and cursing, players club, ram and pound each other in two- and three-second rumbles that begin anew with every play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HALF A TON OF TROUBLE | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

Greenwood: "If I have to intimidate, I can pound on a man's head the whole game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HALF A TON OF TROUBLE | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

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