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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA officials believe the risk of potentially lethal pieces of ice flying off the external fuel tank and striking the space shuttle is low enough to proceed with plans for a mid-July launch of Discovery.
``I must give him his due. He has considerably cretinized me.'' Lautréamont
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