Rocketing Into Space: the Beginnings of the Space Age
Overview
In the first half of the twentieth century, scientists and engineers in Russia, Germany, and the United States engaged in theoretical and...
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Belek, Turkey (dpa) - Time was when those broad plains along the
Turkish Mediterranean coast were home to swathes of brightly-coloured
carnations and strawberries. The sweet...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
SPACE EXPLORATION (IHT/Asahi as translated from the
Japanese-language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published Oct. 11)
In 1957, the world...
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Beyonce Knowles joined the millennium celebrations in Ethiopia with a spirited concert in the capital of the Horn of Africa nation.Some 5,000 adoring fans in Ethiopia — a country normally uni...
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10:
Honor
Blackman
It may not rank as one of the greatest series of all time, but gentle domestic sitcom ‘The Upper Hand’ did have
Honor
Blackman
as a decadent vamp of a gran. Yummy...
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With a series of small beeps from a spiky globe 50 years ago Thursday, the world shrank and humanity's view of Earth and the cosmos expanded.Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, was launched by...
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Military-inspired collections that looked back and to the future opened L.A. Fashion Week, with Collection bebe offering edgy space-age designs and Dina Bar-El showing clothes that dripped 1940s gl...
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2007. There are 334 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 31, 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason for his part in the "Gunpowder...
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Today is Thursday, Oct. 4, the 277th day of 2007. There are 88 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Oct. 4, 1957, the Space Age began as the Soviet Union launched ...
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The New Frontier casino-hotel was imploded early Tuesday, giving a violent end to the second property to open on the Las Vegas Strip.The 16-story hotel tower was felled with over 1,000 pounds of ex...
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The New Frontier casino-hotel was imploded early Tuesday, giving a violent end to the second property to open on the Las Vegas Strip.The 16-story hotel tower was felled with over 1,000 pounds of ex...
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Rocketing Into Space: the Beginnings of the Space Age
Turkish Riviera goes upmarket with space-age hotel complexes
