LÜNEBURG, Germany — Guests arriving at the Potato Hotel in northern Germany are greeted by a schnaps served in a potato-turned-tumbler. After taking a bite from the canapés - potato-zucchini-rolls and sweet-potato pie - it should be clear that potatoes…
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The Baylor New Play Initiative has announced 10 semifinalists for next year’s $15,000 Kirk New Play Prize competition, selected from a field of 865 entries submitted from 38 states....
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Standout football players from Groesbeck, University and Vanguard picked up honors as the top vote-getters in this week’s Trib Player of the Week fan poll....
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Hey, Centex volleyball coaches: Be sure to send us nominations for the 33rd annual Super Centex Volleyball Team when your seasons are complete. Email bcherry@wacotrib.com....
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LOS ANGELES — Hands-on experiences dominate the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, where encountering artifacts that highlight aerospace history is on equal footing with learning about its future. The many interactive exhibits that dot the new building's 200,000…...
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LOS ANGELES — A recent Times review of the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center declares that the Endeavour space shuttle — displayed for the first time ever in launch position — "is, simply put, one of the greatest…...
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LOS ANGELES — Peer inside the open hatch of the space shuttle Endeavour, and you’ll see a few things: a ladder from the mid-deck to the flight deck (horizontal, since the orbiter is in vertical launch position); pads used to…...
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LOS ANGELES — Space Shuttle Endeavour is the fifth and final operational shuttle built for NASA's space shuttle program. It flew its first mission in May 1992, and its last mission 19 years later. Congress approved the construction of Endeavour…...
