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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday october 26.1987 Telescope problem bugging . Astronomers from press dispatches astronomers in England say hey would like a spi Der to step into their parlor and help repair a Tele scope that was ruined by an errant Fly. The Fly Tell into a 26-Inch refracting Telescope at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and broke the strands of spider web that serve As he instrument s moving Art  in Bierig Heim Germany Don t seem Dpi Turbo but i sumac it Tow atop a giant milk Tan Dovet totem too Calm about to Puntar tour porch. Tha tall Pun Huriod Kufahl Rieman roughly trat Ulstad Corlo Ozity hat tsp Ltd Otott oppo Donholt Fly Lyl b Cross hairs spokesman Chas Parker said. Human hair is Loo thick for the microscopic Preci Sion an astronomical Telescope needs to map the Hea Vens and Only cobwebs will do he said. The problem is knowing just what kind of spiders can do the Job and How to coax them into doing it right. We know of someone a retired member of staff who should be Able to help but he is not available at the moment he said. A special web spinning technique is needed Parker said. I am told that the spider has to be kept in a Box to quiet it Down before it weaves its thread. If a spider is agitated the thread is not uniform. It has Little blobs in it and thai is the last thing we would  the Telescope which participated in tracking Hal Ley s Comet last year is in  Castle South of London where the Observatory moved 40 years ago to escape the smog at its original site in the London Borough of Greenwich. Ouf Boord bound with Prince it hardly looked like a group about to be presented to a  Prince Philip Duke at Edinburgh got out of his helicopter in Roxborough slate Park in the Foothills of Floc Rocky mountains sonic of the Colorado outward bound school alumni were still clinging to a Rock face searching for a foothold. Prince Philip husband of Queen Elizabeth ii and a Patron of sports and wilderness causes was in Den ver on saturday to accept outward bound s highest Honor the Kurt Hann award for outstanding contributions to the wilderness training program. The visit capped the Colorado outward bound school s 25th anniversary Celebration. Hahn who founded outward bound in England during world War ii was headmaster at cordons Toun school in Scotland when the Prince was a student there. Philip has been an Active sup Porter of outward bound programs in the United kingdom. Amid huge formations of jutting red Rock at the stale Park Philip got a first hand look at rappelling techniques used of Colorado s outward bound school the oldest and largest outward bound pro Gram in the United Stales. Cobs conducts wilderness programs that last any where from four Days to three months and Are in tended to teach students How to exceed self imposed limits through mental and physical achievement in the  cowgirl on High court supreme court Justice Sandra Day o Connor says the Independence she Learned As a child on an Arizona cattle ranch has helped her since even on the nation s highest court. She noted that most of the things she Learned As a cowgirl do not apply to the judiciary but added i did team a Little Independence that she s relied on since her youth o Connor spoke Friday night at the University of Denver while her main topic was the 1787 constitutional Conven Tion and How the nation s Judi Cial system was formed o con nor gave some insight to her life on the High court. She said an a typical Day she arrives at the court building at 7 30 . And stays until 7 30 . When 1 go Home i usually Lake some Reading material Home with me o Connor o Connor said. And like most of my colleagues i work on weekends and holidays so time goes  the cases we take Are Complex. And 1 never have As much Lime As i want o Connor said. Dur ing a court term she added she reads an average of 1,500 pages a Day. Noting that she spoke at the end of a week that included Wall Street s nosedive the Senate s vote to reject Robert h. Bork As a supreme court Justice and the world series o Connor said she had decided not to address any of those topics. Fearful film for Gould actor Elliott Gould Star of a new film about a Man who tears leaving his Manhattan apartment helped open a meeting of the 7,000-Membcr phobia society of America in san Francisco everybody s got the same problem Gould said teaming to live with life with oneself. Learning to accept the conditions that came with the package. Gould s movie inside out deals with a Man whose ailment in real life agoraphobia tortures thousands of people. They share a class of disorders known As phobias that comprise the number one mental health prob i pm in America according to the society. The 49-year-old actor confided to a crowded Newt conference that he is an Only child who was touched by fear because i did t know How to Deal with the reality of Lack of Harmony in this Woid the Lack of respect could said he was Able to conquer his fear by learning to understand himself through the characters he played on the screen adding there Are a lot of answers and we have to learn the question together society president Jerilyn Ross estimated that More than 13 million people May be affected by irrational anxiety. Bul cosh the Sands of time America s Best loved Media personality and bes Selling author turned fifty this year. Not surprisingly his thoughts have turned to the subject of getting older. Aging is no laughing matter but time flies will change All that Bill brings his unique warmth Wisdom and wit to a subject that seems to be on everyone s mind these Days. Times flies is coming soon to most stars and stripes bookstores at the special Price of $10.95 regular Price $15.95  
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