Pharaohs May Enter Space Age at Great Pyramid
An Egyptian American team plans to study 4600 year old air inside the Cheops pyramid to learn about Earth's past atmosphere and possibly preserve artifacts. They will collect taint free air in NASA bottles and place sensors and a camera in the pit without excavating further. The 1952 discovery of a Cheops boat under limestone slabs frames the project as the first Space Age archeology in Egypt.
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Egypt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mars
Cheops Pyramid
Giza
Kamal el-Malakh
Report Finds IRS Errors And Turnover A Costly Proposition
GAO report on IRS Philadelphia problems cites tax returns in trash and restrooms, thousands of mutilated refund checks, and staff burnout. It details 367 hours of downtime, 80 hour weeks by supervisors, and turnover of 45 examiners amid computer failures as causes. Philadelphia center accounts for over a third of national activity and a costly failed duplicate return program.
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Internal Revenue Service
Philadelphia
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Congressional Oversight Agency
Senate Finance Committee
Bob Packwood
R-Ore
John Heinz
R-Pa
William V. Roth Jr
GAO
Mid- Atlantic
Roscoe L. Egger Jr
Senate
Philadelphia Center
Philadelphia Financial Center
Embassy protests enter fourth year outside South African embassy
Washington AP reports a daily sit in outside the South African Embassy began on Nov 21 1984 to protest apartheid. Thousands have been arrested while leaders say the field of pressure has aided sanctions and policy shifts. The commemoration marks 12 months of daily demonstrations with plans for a broad campaign against U S corporate support for apartheid.
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Jesse Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Dick Gregory
Gloria Steinem
Harry Belafonte
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Amy
Lowell Weicker
Rconn
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Cecelie Counts
TransAfrica
Randall Robinson
South Africa
Robinson
Reagan
Pretoria
Howard Wolpe
D-Mich
House Foreign Affairs
Africa
Robert L. Bruce
State Department
Bureau of African Affairs
Pieter Swanepoel
Ms. Counts
United States
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