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Professors say that Dreben's wide-ranging academic background reinforces his administrative duties, which also include making certain that the department's dossier of a tenure nomination is complete. This is the file of papers the department assembles to buck its case for a tenure nomination...
...well, Solar Max's capture will be attempted on the third day of flight, when Challenger closes to within 300 ft. of the errant satellite. Mission Specialist George Nelson, 33, who has a doctorate in astronomy, will buckle himself into a manned maneuvering unit (MMU), the jet-powered Buck Rogers contraption that enabled astronauts to make the historic, untethered space walk on Challenger's February flight. Mission Specialist James van Hoften, 39, a onetime hot-tub salesman with a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering, will act as an emergency backup...
...Buck Weaver...
Crosby later became director of quality at ITT, and one day he got to put forth his ideas to Chairman Harold Geneen during an elevator ride. Geneen was intrigued and agreed to support an in-house "cultural revolution." Under the banner of slogans like "Make Certain" and "Buck a Day," Crosby created a system of quality managers throughout the company that has been adopted by other large corporations...
HARRY & SON Directed by Paul Newman Screenplay by Paul Newman and Ronald L. Buck...