Word: break
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will be months before the NTSB reports on the cause of the crash. Two questions undoubtedly will be deeply probed. Why did the turbofan engine, built by General Electric and used on DC-10s, break up in flight? Were all three hydraulic systems knocked out, and if so, can they be better protected...
Doctors recognize a vicious circle here, but there are indications of a possible break. Last year, for the first time in more than a decade, medical malpractice suits abated. Claims settlements were down $100 million from the 1987 high of $4.2 billion. In response, several major insurers have reduced their premiums. On the basis of studies showing that physicians who know their patients well over a long period are less likely to be sued, more doctors are looking for ways to avoid the fearful, adversarial climate that prompts them to retreat emotionally -- which ends up making a suit more likely...
...also says something about how difficult it will be for Bush to break what he called the "environmental gridlock" on Capitol Hill now that the clean-air battle is joined. Twelve years have passed since Congress amended the Clean Air Act of 1970. If partisan bickering continues, it may be another year before the gridlock is broken. The hot air will have to dissipate before the clean air can return...
...limelight," he says. "While in the limelight, you might as well sell tickets." So on a typical evening recently, while going through his personal pregame drill, he eyeballed the stands. "Looks like around 25,000 tonight," he estimated. That's the number the club needed to break 1 million in attendance, a milestone that came later in previous seasons. Later the gate was announced: 26,244. Though the Rangers < were losing a close game, the new owner beamed. "I like selling tickets," says Bush the businessman. "There are a lot of parallels between baseball and politics," says Bush, the once...
WORLD: Strikes by more than 200,000 restless workers break out in the Soviet Union's coalfields...