Word: boosterism
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...appropriately -- destined for the technological trash heap than the one that came to light last week. According to documents made public by the Federation of American Scientists for the express purpose of torpedoing the scheme, the Pentagon has for several years been secretly developing a new kind of booster rocket -- code-named Timberwind -- that would loft giant weapons into space on short notice. Its power source: an onboard nuclear reactor running at extremely high temperatures and spewing radioactive exhaust directly into the atmosphere...
...interested in Timberwind? The reasons date back to the early 1970s, when NASA, with the Pentagon's blessing, decided to put the bulk of its research funds into the reusable space shuttle. Further development of conventional rocket boosters stalled. Now both agencies find themselves bumping into the limited payload capacities of the remaining rockets; NASA for hoisting its space station into orbit and the Pentagon for lifting its big directed-beam Star Wars weapons. The proposed nuclear-powered rockets would more than triple the payload of the U.S.'s most powerful booster, the Titan 4, from 20 tons to more...
...Today's game was a good confidence booster," said junior tri--captain Ceci Clark. "It gave us a chance to run through some things...
...think that when President Bok is involved, it is a big morale booster," Shattuck says. "It tends to signal that higher education is taking these issues very seriously...
...Amateur" athletics are corrupted by the almighty dollar. Money is clearly the top problem in college sports today. Athletic programs get rich off multi-billion dollar TV deals. Coaches face intense booster pressure to win at any cost or get fired. Corruption pervades the system...