Word: alaska
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...including Astronaut Sally Ride (California), Marathoner Alberto Salazar (Oregon) and Chef Paul Prudhomme (Louisiana). Others were honored for little-noted achievements, including Arkansas Teacher of the Year Alfreeda Marshall. Altogether, final plans for the parade called for 57 floats, 43 marching bands, 37 equestrian units and one dogsled from Alaska pulled by 21 Huskies...
...those players, Steve Moria, who plays for the University of Alaska at Fairbanks just happens to be averaging 3.00 points-a-game...
Commercial airlines have long boasted of their impressive safety record. But a Federal Aviation Administration report released last week lists numerous lapses in safety procedures, as well as sloppy inspections by the regulatory agency. No fewer than 16 airlines, including People Express and Alaska Airlines, were forced to cut back operations briefly after an industry-wide check last spring, and 172 pilots were temporarily grounded. Among the problems cited were undertrained mechanics and lack of proof that certain pilots were qualified to fly the aircraft they were operating...
After an hour and a half of secret balloting, a narrow majority of his colleagues followed suit. On the fourth ballot, Dole defeated Alaska's Ted Stevens, his nearest rival, by a vote of 28 to 25. His prize: the powerful post of majority leader, held since 1981 by Tennessee's Howard Baker, who is retiring from the Senate to prepare for a presidential...
...declared contenders for the job, all conservatives, are Robert Dole of Kansas, Richard Lugar of Stevens: hot temper Indiana, Ted Stevens of Alaska, James McClure of Idaho and Pete Domenici of New Mexico. Dole is the front runner. Once known chiefly for his astringent wit and confident, almost arrogant intelligence, the three-term Senator in recent years has played a more statesmanlike role. "I'm sort of a consensus builder," he says. To the consternation of the Reagan Administration, he has pushed for tax hikes along with spending reductions as the only way to make a sizable dent...