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...deposition, Hastings testified thatduring the second break-in, "a man gained entry byphysically breaking the [sliding door] lock andphysically moving the door so that he could liftthe door up and over the slide bolt and opened thedoor and came into the house...
...uproar over it. They contend that the Federal Government should only rarely dictate rules to the states and that serious consultation should take place when such mandates are considered -- as one of the President's own Executive Orders directs. Beyond the absence of dialogue -- HHS's bolt came without warning and flew in the face of earlier Administration assertions promising the states "flexibility" on abortion- funding questions -- what overlays this latest abortion-rights battle is the tug between two Clinton beliefs that have come into conflict: freedom of choice and states' rights...
...Mission to Planet Earth, " NASA was involved in every step from start to orbit." Obedient to its bureaucratic, cover-your-backside tradition, the agency demanded that the companies building the Observer, led by General Electric and Martin Marietta, submit endless reams of paperwork documenting every last nut and bolt...
Despite 400 hours of training in NASA's space-simulating water tanks and plenty of spacewalking experience, the astronauts realize that the tiniest unforeseen problem could turn their effort into a disaster. A stripped bolt, a slightly misaligned part, a slip on the part of the fix-it crew could disable the telescope completely, leaving NASA and the scientists who depend on the Hubble worse off than before...
...honor Gilbert's satirized British class distinctions, and it is this sitcom-like conflict which drives the play. Ralph professes his love for Josephine; she rejects the suitor her father has chosen and tries to elope with Ralph; Ralph is punished. Then, like a lightning-bolt from the Gods, Buttercup drops the secret that reverses fortunes and neatly resolves the plot...