Word: blackout
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Administration, he is seldom inclined to do so. In sharp contrast to Baker, whose mastery of keeping the news-hungry White House press corps satisfied is unsurpassed in Washington, Regan considers time spent responding to reporters' questions a waste at best. Outside the office, he is a walking blackout. Says one intimate: "It is a matter of pride with him that he has never invited press people to his house or to any parties...
...many students, because it started during lunch hours, the blackout meant fumbling with the salad bar. However, Benjamin Walcott, assistant director of food services, said, "We were able to limp through. Fortunately it was a soup and sandwich day." Walcott added, "We were able to feed everybody"--but they were unable to serve any more fried cauliflower once the outage began...
Most Eliot residents interviewed said that the blackout was annoying, but a minor inconveniece. Some, however, said it was another in a string of inconveniences caused by renovation of the House. Marjana Martinic '86 and Clarissa Cerda '86 said they just received electricity in their bedrooms and bathroom last week...
After a series of exasperating delays because of a slipped thermal shield and a computer blackout, the new space shuttle Discovery sat perched on its Florida launch pad last Tuesday morning, its nose poked impatiently toward the sky. In a chase plane high above Kennedy Space Center, Astronaut John Young took a last look at the weather and gave the final O.K. for takeoff. The shuttle's on-board computers began the final countdown. "We are go for main-engine ignition," NASA Commentator Mark Hess announced. The engine grumbled noisily, snorting smoke and fire... Six, five, four...
...Upper East Side, the dirty magazines and sexual implements are tastefully displayed. There Kelly makes her re-entry into journalism by interviewing a peep-show dancer who is addicted to fan magazines. Billy, in a Scotch-fueled search for campaign issues, settles arbitrarily on pornography. In an alcoholic blackout, he destroys mirrors and private movie booths with a chain. Amid the shambles, Jennings advises him to tell the authorities, "You did it on purpose...