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...California's Edwards Air Force Base, slim, hawk-nosed Test Pilot Scott Crossfield, 37, leisurely finished a bacon-and-eggs breakfast, struggled into a silver-tinted pressure suit that had been tailored to a skintight fit by a girdle manufacturer. Minutes later, Crossfield strapped himself into the cramped cockpit of a needle-nosed, stub-winged plane that was locked into place beneath the right wing of an Air Force B-52 bomber. At 8 o'clock sharp the B-52 roared down the runway and lifted. It carried with it Scott Crossfield in the X-15 rocket-plane ? designed...
...think they do.” But will the average viewer want to solve crime along with detectives, or would he rather turn to the “CSI” franchise or one of its many other spin-offs? The network put the show to the test, and the results were surprising. According to Baum, testing episodes in a “dead average” audience of 100 viewers and registering their every response from behind glass was an “Orwellian experience,” but demonstrated that audience members were drawn in by the action...
...recent months, the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education has proposed the implementation of standardized testing at colleges and universities across the nation. This is part of a larger effort to increase their accountability to students, parents, employers, and the public at large. While the government’s concerns about the quality of higher education are understandable and well-intentioned, the use of standardized testing is an inappropriate and ineffectual solution that should not be pursued.Two main arguments have been made in support of testing: first, that the results will assist...
...sales across all media of the nearest competitor (who was, ironically enough, Morrissey), making history in the process. The video, unfortunately, is not as history-worthy. The concept makes enough sense, expounding on the theme of “crazy” with a continuously changing Rorschach test. Too bad the execution is too crazy to give the song the funky imagery it deserves. Beginning with ink dropped onto a white background to the rhythm of the beat, the design slowly takes shape to illustrate Cee-Los outlined and rapping. The picture changes immediately, however, fading into new images...
Preparing for a start is comparable to getting ready for a final exam: the days preceding the test and the amount of preparation inevitably dictate your performance...