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...cosmonauts now orbiting in Russia's Mir space station need to make an emergency landing outside designated areas in the former Soviet Union, the Russians have told the U.S. State Department their destination of choice would be America's northern heartland. Washington has agreed to help. The Russians' only request: Please turn off the high-tension power lines. So if the lights go out some night in Nebraska, chances are the Russians are coming...
...supposed to be routine meeting of the Ordinance Committee. On the agenda was whether to grant MIT's request that certain hearings and reports be waived in the university's application to build a tunnel to connect two buildings under a city street...
...general counsel's office complied in January with an IRS request to view Harvard's records on students who had received financial aid during the calendar year 1989, Kellie E. Lucy, manager of student receivables, said yesterday. The information included students' names, Social Security numbers, financial aid they received and they tuition paid to Harvard...
August must be doubly pleased that he acceded to Bergman's request. In May the director was onstage at the Cannes Film Festival to receive the top prize for Intentions. Standing next to him was the festival's Best Actress: his bride Pernilla Ostergren August...
...Bermuda's Ministry of the Environment ruled against Perot's plan to build a dock and boathouse in front of one of his houses, because "substantial dredging" would be needed to bring his boat close to shore. Faced with that denial, Perot's contractors realized that any similar request for permission to cut a channel in a nearby coral reef would probably be nixed as well. A week later, without filing for a permit, Perot's construction team blew up a section of the reef near his house...