Word: bays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Volunteers working for Kerry are instructed to tell respondents they represent Bay State Opinion Research, sources in the Kerry campaign said last week. If pressed, volunteers, reportedly claim ignorance, or tell respondents they are not authorized to disclose information about affiliation, the sources added...
Political consultant Thomas R. Kiley, head of Kerry's polling operations, said last week that Bay State Opinion Research is one of several trade names used by his firm, Marttila and Kiley Associates...
...rebels, but Idriss Deby, 27, commander of the Chad army, has no intention of letting things remain that way. Says Deby, a lean, ascetic man with samurai eyes: "Despite all kinds of shortages, we have been able to hold both the Libyan army and the rebels at bay." Nobody knows exactly how many men the Chad army has. The French say 7,000; the Chadians say "many, many." Its best fighters are the Goran, tribesmen from the northern district of Tibetsi, a starkly beautiful area of volcanic massifs, gorges and craters that was known in antiquity as the land where...
...activity, Max broke down three years ago, after only ten months in orbit. Challenger's mission last week was to stop the rotation of Max, use the spacecraft's 50-ft. remote-controlled arm to lift the satellite into the ship's cargo bay, and set it back in orbit after repairs were made...
...Minnesota Twins, then donned the $ 10 million manned maneuvering unit (MMU), the Buck Rogers-style jet backpack tested on last February's mission, to retrieve the crippled Max. His untethered ride seemed agonizingly slow. It took him 10 min. to traverse the 200 ft. from the open cargo bay across the reach of black vacuum. The short journey was historic: an unleashed spaceman going to work in orbit...