Word: boosterism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...worst fallout of the explosion was the doubt it created about the reliability of the newly designed Titan IV booster, on which both the Air Force and CIA are heavily dependent. The 12-story-high booster is the only rocket capable of launching a whole family of space-surveillance systems. Martin Marietta has delivered or has under construction about half of the 41 Titan IVs currently on order. Colonel Frank Stirling, director of the Air Force's Titan IV program, immediately grounded two other boosters scheduled for launch and said the delay could last up to a year...
...substance at the center of the dispute is a naturally occurring protein known to scientists as bovine somatotropin, or more simply, bovine growth hormone (BGH). Dairy farmers have known for decades that cows given booster shots of BGH would produce more milk -- up to 15% more. But the only available source of the hormone was the pituitary glands of butchered cows, which yield only minute quantities. Then, in 1982, scientists used new gene-splicing techniques to manipulate bacteria into mass-producing BGH. By the mid-1980s, four drug companies -- including Monsanto and Eli Lilly -- had applied...
...long way toward meeting Jeffords' demands by the time the week was out. After insisting for several weeks that he would not compromise with Republicans, Clinton agreed to reduce his spending package by $4 billion and perhaps more, rather than risk losing a measure he believes represents a "booster shot" to the anemic economic recovery. The President had learned the hard way that as long as the Democrats hold only a narrow six-vote majority (Democrat Richard Shelby of Alabama has been voting Republican recently) in the Senate, Clinton will need the votes of Jeffords and four or five other...
...officials acknowledge that Russians may end up doing far more. One serious obstacle to building Freedom is that it could take as many as 18 shuttle flights, each one risking the lives of astronauts, to get the necessary construction materials into space. Using the Russians' unmanned Energia booster, the most powerful rocket in the world, could reduce the number of launches and greatly decrease the risk. The Russians are already fabricating parts for their next space station, Mir-2. The new station could be used as a model for Freedom, or the two could be combined into one large unit...
With his characteristic booster spirit, Ueberroth overestimated what his group could do. He spoke of making the riot-torn parts of the inner city the safest in Los Angeles. Using numbers provided by a study group he commissioned, he set out to raise $5 billion in private-sector investment over five years to bring at least 75,000 jobs to neglected parts of the city. By the group's own definition, that area encompassed 163 sq. mi. with 2.5 million residents...