Big Dipper

Hoop dreams ; Recounting a great rivalry and the NBA renaissance it fostered
The Boston Globe; 12/13/2009; 1085 words; ...Laker, Wilt Chamberlain, look like amateur hour (and the Big Dipper claimed to have bedded thousands of women). But Johnson...telling you that Magic worried the hell out of me. He was so big and strong." To their credit, the three authors do acknowledge...

Take a slow boat and fall under Lake Malawi's spell.(Entertainment)
Cape Times (South Africa); 12/11/2009; 1637 words; ...offers game walks, game drives and river cruises. It's not a Big Five park, but we saw waterbuck, elephants and the park...beach, I discovered, could embarrass some honeymooning skinny dippers. It's that kind of place. It's also difficult to leave...

Catch a falling star ; Ulster's skies set to host a celestial fireworks display
Belfast Telegraph; 12/11/2009; 610 words; ...5am on Monday morning," he said. "To find Gemini, follow the diagonal line across the 'bowl' of the Plough or Big Dipper, ie. from the top left star in the bowl to the bottom right star, and continue this line until you come to a pair...

Astronomers discover new star through Galileo's technique.
Asian News International; 12/10/2009; 710 words; ...discovered a faint star orbiting the Big Dipper-Alcor B-using a novel technique...bright. Alcor and its cousins in the Big Dipper formed from the same cloud of...stars. Alcor shares a position in the Big Dipper with another star, Mizar...

Fallon: great rider and dangerous human being capable of charm and generosity was wearing thin. "Fallon has never champion jockey. Any study of Fallon's; BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR What our writers had to say about the pick of the publications from earlier in the year.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); 12/8/2009; 572 words; ...the rise and fall of the brilliant and infuriating Kieren Fallon, as the rises and falls. Few sportsmen have ridden a big dipper as alarming as the one sat on with frightening regularity by Britain's six-time champion jockey. Any study of Fallon...