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GENllJS, ONTS OP THE GRBICTeST COMPOSERS of our is he Reuvreo to ouew BNP C-UKe urn.SON » cruse THose Guvs ARe Hilarious. iff! wattle cone bij M.D. Walters lentless corrosion from sail#/ and tight budgets are doinj no bombs, torpedoes or I could accomplish. Sixteen years after the I spent $ 14 million to helpprti I it, the nearly century-old I [To be a r° x ship Texas — the only reit °l ve ^ ' n a s battleship to survive World! ^ mous t0 s0 I and II — needs an overfo b become a i keep it from rusting awav. dallarount •The ship is in need'c nificant repair,” said ! tsl ^ 011 Whiston, director offc; :ins ' <1 i'"” structure division of Ihe 1 '' U nl ^, ! n Parks and Wildlife Depa, ^ [ onthis( which maintains the 5/jj ^ nst j n Q e j long, 34,000-ton vessel inai mm unity hi on the Houston Ship Cha )re t i me W c “There is corrosion at the; n an i za tions line. We’re continuing toei; c i ass . She ence problems that cause us; impeounse cem. And the ship, given in involved w is pretty fragile.” idership gr< So fragile that chroir; echairofN leaky air tanks — knownasi rvice organ ters and added to the em ined her fre during the 1920s for stabilr “Honestly, I sprung a serious leak one re )outside ot t night. Workers were greeiet easily put in next morning with the ships; dsometimes ing a 4-degrce starboard list lospitality cut “It got all of us exciteil )t i nc l ass - we’re satisfied it’s stall With the pre 'mm mMmrnim mu. Hey, Chrys, what's wrong? My caller lb says a bunch of Corps guys keep calli ling me. And they're all underclassmen! I mean it'd be fine if a 'captain' or 'lieutenant’ but they're just a bunch of "privatesl' And they always m try to sell me . stuff! | Caller ID should be idiot- udent organ nged an ea; Homes that ne It that she ne 1 I “I haven't bi iask myself kid. “The ans\ proofed NEWS IN BRIEF Fastow aid to testify in barge case HOUSTON (AP) - More than two years after becoming the first plead guilty to crimes, Michael Kopper is about to make his debut on a witness stand. Kopper, 39, was at the epicenter of financial schemes allegedly co- ron finance chief Andrew Fastow. The schemes tunneled millions of dollars into their pockets and eventually fueled the energy com pany’s swift crash into bankruptcy Whiston said. The water was pumped and the leak was patchecl least temporarily. “If you are going to acb| edge you’re going to keeps historic ships, there isa'_ strong argument this is at l on ^ tlc ^ as good, if not the best, ok keep,” said Barry' Ward, ciu of the Texas. Ward said the ship isaum piece of technology in of the time period it represe “This goes from the very bo: ning of the age of flight thro, the nuclear age,” he said. In World War I, it sent U.S. flagship in the BfftWnG Fleet. In 1940, it was namedfl ship of the U.S. Atlantic Fit took part in D-Day in 1944, experienced casualties when issionate aboi ,i” lere.itwouldi Scott Orr. a orps of Cadet / anyE-l,andl eis. and has p iffinghis three He joined t ear and used former Enron Corp. executive to ordinated by his boss, former En- in December 2001. by German artillery off Fn and provided Pacific suppon World War II battles at Iwoi and Okinawa. CfCtXPlzZA No Student LD. Necessary! 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