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Ride is a former astronaut and the first American woman to reach outer space. Ride was a nationally-ranked tennis player in high school before attending Stanford University for her bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. In 1983, Ride took part in her first space shuttle mission, serving as a crewmember on board the Challenger. Ride later served on the panels that investigated the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters. How many total hours has she spent in space?
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Sixth-graders to lead Flag Day ceremonies
Berkshire Eagle, MA - 2 hours ago
The flag in front of the middle school will be raised in memory of William J. Wojcik, an Army private during World War II. He received the WWII Victory ...
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Louis Aguilar; Moises 'Moe' Beltran Jr.; Eda N. Buzbee; Tim K. Chambers; Gabriel Coronel; Sallie Ann Hazelwood Flores; Elaine Gallagher; Jimmy D. Guevara; Steve Madry; Maria G. Medina; Kawana Smith Newman; Andrew 'Andrez' Rivera; Erlinda Rojo; Robert Wesley Rutherford; Angel Silva; Arlene M. Stewart; Joe Stokes; Kenneth David Wilson read more »
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Pupils' fundraising walk in memory of former teacher
Gloucestershire Gazette, UK - 13 hours ago
The children at Vale of Berkeley College, in Wandswell, raised over £1000 in memory of Lyn Wright, former home economics teacher and head of sixth form at ...
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Gabriel Coronel; M. L. Duke; Larry A. Holland; Jo E. Mize; Kawana Smith Newman; Johnita C. Teeters read more »
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, that was founded by Pierre de Coubertin with the aim of reinstating the ancient Olympic Games that were held in Greece (776 BCE–393 CE). Today, the IOC constitutes a single legal entity that owns copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible properties associated with the Olympic games, such as the Olympic logos. When and where were the first modern Summer Olympics held?
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Bicyclists ride in memory of victim
Gary Post Tribune, IN - 6 hours ago
By Amy Lavalley Post-Tribune correspondent CHESTERTON -- Patricia and William Jones and their extended family came to Chesterton Sunday morning from Kewanna ...
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FreeBSD Technologies in New Firefox 3 Browser
PR Web (press release), WA - 6 hours ago
According to the blog of Firefox developer Stuart Parmenter, "Our automated tests on Windows Vista showed a 22% drop in memory usage when we turned jemalloc ...
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