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Also found were two cone-shaped objects described as "about 10 feet" in diameter. One had an attached parachute, indicating it came from one of the solid rocket boosters blown up. Each booster is 12 feet in diameter and contains four parachutes designed to lower the spent rockets to the ocean for retrieval...
...tainted," complained Gladys Roost, 80, a Dodger fan in Los Angeles. Shirley Murphy, 33, a secretary in Baltimore, agreed. "It is a damn shame that these guys can't depend on their talent to see them through," she said. Declared Ralph Bass, 63, a Texas Ranger booster: "Making that kind of money, they ought to set a better example...
...cited the admission of students who could not be expected to graduate and the illegal use of Booster Club money for athletic programs--both of which were addressed by the special convention--as problems not "affecting the Ivy League in general...
...Michel for being defeatist on contra aid. Reagan bashed Congress for "surrendering" to Communists. USIA Director Charles Wick, a close Reagan friend, zapped his old buddy for wanting to lay a wreath at the Bitburg cemetery. Jewish groups continued to denounce his German itinerary. Reagan has been a great booster of the military, but that did not stop the American Legion from getting in some licks about Bitburg...
...organization under control, Ruppe emphasized careful budgeting and planning and strict adherence to Government procurement policies, while spearheading the aggressive recruitment of specialists and better training of generalists. Ruppe has been a tireless booster, visiting 39 of the 60 countries served by the Peace Corps and winning valuable publicity for the agency. "We are career ambassadors around the world," says Ruppe. "We have come a long way from the days when we were called Kennedy's kids. In the '80s we have grown and matured...