Word: assisters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with vague assurances that Moscow recognized that it had a responsibility for "preserving and strengthening peace." Said he: "We are for a peaceful settlement of all disputable international problems through serious, equal and constructive talks. The U.S.S.R. will cooperate in full measure with all states that are prepared to assist through practical deeds to lessening international tensions." Washington analysts carefully scrutinized such passages last week, looking for signals that the new regime might be more amenable to finding a way out of the superpower deadlock...
...civil rights legislation of the 1960s opened up new opportunities for many Blacks; during the 1970's the ranks of the Black middle class expanded greatly Our nation must now go beyond limited policies like affirmative action to institute the requisite economic reforms to assist impoverished Blacks. If the present trend continues, perhaps one half of the Black community will soon be poor. No development could be more tragic for these Blacks; no development could be more tragic for America...
Dooley was so quick to yank his starters that no individual records were set although the squad's number one and two scorers Kathy Carroll and Drane Hurley each garnered a goal and four assists Senior defenseman Suzanne Tanner noticed her first ever varsity goal on an assist from sophomore Mary Boland who had two periods earlier also earned her first tally to cap the seven goal opening stanza...
...calamitous satellite losses. Under the direction of Physicist Ronald McNair, 33, both satellites were spun perfectly out of Challenger's cargo bay. Even so, there could be serious repercussions for NASA and the U.S. aerospace community. Unless the problem with the little boosters, called PAMs (for payload-assist modules), is resolved soon, some upcoming lift-offs may have to be postponed. PAMs are scheduled to be used for satellite launches in May as the upper stage of a conventional Delta rocket and in June during the maiden voyage of the third shuttle, Discovery. Insurance brokers are now warning...
...lower energy consumption placed the power industry in an awkward position: the supply of electricity far exceeded the demand. American utilities now have about 30% more generating capacity than they need, far more than the 20% to 25% generally considered sufficient to meet unusual weather-caused emergencies or to assist neighboring utility companies. In response to the lower energy demand, some utility companies slowed or halted construction of new plants, whether coal or nuclear...