Word: chart
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still the Desert Storm demigod, but once he has to answer attack ads and identify programs to ax, his stature will surely deflate. Even assuming he could survive this inevitable erosion of esteem to retain the margin of victory in November 1996, it's not easy to chart any route that would get him to the top of a national ticket-especially since he has declared, "There is no particular passion in me for politics...
...night of wooing New Hampshire Republicans, Senator Richard Lugar is up early at the Manchester Holiday Inn for a sensible breakfast of All-Bran and whole-wheat toast. It is part of an unvarying routine that includes yogurt and two apples for lunch daily and meticulous markings on a chart tracking his morning run. Such a creature of habit is now doing the most insensible thing by jumping into the G.O.P. presidential primaries in a way the political oddsmakers see as quixotic: he is already vastly out-financed and out-organized. Until he decided to test the presidential waters, Lugar...
...astronauts developed after the 1986 Challenger explosion. "Safety is one of those terms that can be used to hide behind and prevent necessary change and innovation," the Kraft team wrote. NASA officials say the report is "one piece of many'' that agency officials are assembling as they try to chart a low-budget future...
Captain Bryan Henry attributes the poor finish to the depth chart...
...first set's fine performances. One exception was the tune "Don't Rock the Jazz Boat," a staple of Jones's groups through the years. While Latin beats adapted to the jazz context often come across as trite and excessively happy, Jones metamorphosed the bossa nova of this chart into a menacing Amazonian thunderstorm. Distant rumblings on the toms grew louder and louder during Jones's solo, and as the storm came crashing down, lightning forked through the cymbals and snare...