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...opening words of the document sounded like a declaration of war: "The people have spoken. Or tried to. Despite the obstacles thrown in the way of their speaking freely, we the bishops believe what they attempted to say is clear enough. In our considered judgment, the polls were unparalleled in the fraudulence of their conduct...
...case. Arnold Aldrich, shuttle manager at the Johnson Space Center, told the commissioners that Challenger could not have separated from the boosters and the tank until the solid-fuel rockets had completed their uncontrolled firing, about two minutes after lift-off. Any earlier separation, he said, would have thrown the shuttle into the wake of the powerful rocket motors, a situation that "is thought to be unsurvivable...
Then began the sort of unremitting and tortuous legal battle that leads critics to complain that justice is never final in the U.S., while admirers say that justice is never prematurely closed off. Twice Hillery's sentence was thrown out by the California Supreme Court because of irregularities in the sentencing phases of his trial. Twice he was recondemned to death. Then in 1974 his sentence was reduced to life because of a California decision barring capital punishment in the state. Since then, Hillery has come up for parole eight times, and each time he has been turned down after...
Wednesday evening at Northeastern's Mathews Arena, four beans are going to be thrown into a boiling caldron--and you can bet that the two labled Harvard and Northeastern are going to rise towards...
...Skiers' problems are not injuries, but exams. Harvard's lengthy exam period has thrown the Crimson off-course at its first three competitions...