Word: approaches
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...former U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, was named by a special three-judge panel as the independent counsel to investigate allegations of misconduct against him. Seymour was instructed to investigate all of Deaver's suspect dealings and not be limited to the two cited by the Justice Department: Deaver's approach last summer to then White House National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane on behalf of a tax break for Puerto Rico, and his participation in a meeting last October with the special U.S. envoy to Canada concerning the acid rain issue. One new area emerged that Seymour might delve into: Deaver...
...have to come along." More precisely, the U.S. will have to design and build far more powerful launching vehicles: perhaps new unmanned rockets, or an upgraded "space truck" version of the shuttle, or President Reagan's "Orient Express" space plane. An SDI report to Congress says the cost could approach $60 billion just for lift, without counting a penny spent on the actual weapons...
...widen that bottleneck is to add more processors. Over the past five years, dozens of computer designers have taken this approach, adding from several to a few hundred processing units and letting them share, in parallel, the task of handling data...
...Unionthat were taught by Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professorof History Richard E. Pipes and Gurney Professorof History and Political Science Adam B. Ulam. "Iwas prepared to believe what they were saying, buttheir explantions didn't seem adequate," he says."I began leaning towards a much more skepticalview of their approach...
...council should handle matterspragmatically, he says, tackling some issues withan aggressive approach and others by writingreports. Some of the council's most importantaccomplishments, Winthrop says, have been "thingsthat are not earth-shattering, but they make adifference," such as extending library hours. Overthe years the council has learned "to do thingsthoroughly and not just shoot from the hip," hesays...