Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Retired Colonel who flew on two space missions, including one for the Department of Defense. He spent approximately 10 and a half days in space.
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth18 November 1951
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It was definitely the most scared I've ever been in my life. I know how close we came to being severely injured, or killed.
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It's a long process to get that wood ready for the installation.
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It?s gone as good as we could hope for. It?s challenging ? coaches always seem to be yelling a lot. It can be stressful, but this year?s been very rewarding.
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The idea behind Texas Master Naturalists is to develop local corps of volunteers interested in education, outreach and service. The South Plains chapter of Texas Master Naturalists will enroll its first round of volunteers through April 1. Training for these volunteers is set to begin in late April.
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It's the result of a unified delegation putting together a full-court press.
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It's an aging population in Rhode Island. We're maintaining the middle-aged population, but we're losing some of our elderly to warmer climates, and some of our post-college younger people are looking for greener pastures.
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It was a heck of a throw and a heck of a catch, more so the throw by Brady. I don't know how he got the ball in there because we had Faulk covered. I saw found out firsthand why he's a Super Bowl M.V.P.
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I had some one just ask me if the fourth one was better than any of the others and they all are great. There's nothing like winning state.
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You just can't replace someone like that. She was the heart and soul of Relay, ... Oh, I believe this Relay committee will work hard and that someone will take the reigns and move this organization forward, but there will never be another like Dawn.
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Someone must sell at the nadir of the cycle, and it might as well be the government. However, government agencies responsible for resolving the financial crisis are not forcing banks to act, with the result that banks are mainly reserving against bad loans and not disposing of the underlying collateral.
We didn't even know we were out there for 48 plays. It didn't feel like anything drastic.
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I don't know if that result will give us an advantage or not. You can look at it two ways. They might be on a downer and maybe the long journey back home will have affected them and they could be a wee bit less focused than they normally would be for the game. But they could just as easily be fired up - after a heavy defeat you often want to get back to winning as soon as possible.