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...Reagan, and Carter was cautious about what he said. He has let his closest aides know he is afraid that Reagan will not engage himself enough in foreign policy. Their meeting in the Oval Office after the election unsettled Carter: he got little feedback from Reagan on a long checklist of international subjects and not a single question about Iran and the hostages. When Rosalynn observed that Reagan was gradually changing his positions, Carter, carefully buttering his toast, edged toward some franker views. "I predict he won't follow his campaign talk," he said, referring to Reagan...
...Medical Center and at Harvard, Northwestern and the University of Michigan, involved 1,900 men recruited in 1957 from Western Electric Co.'s Hawthorne Works plant near Chicago. Then aged 40 to 55. the subjects were questioned in detail about their diets and personal habits. Using a checklist of 195 foods, researchers determined what and how much the men had eaten in the preceding 28 days. The participants' wives and employees at the company cafeteria were asked how food was prepared. Each subject was rated low, middle or high according to his intake of cholesterol, saturated fat (found...
...recommendations about the DC-10 will largely depend on what the NTSB's crash detectives eventually find to be the "probable cause" of Flight 191's crash. The accident left no survivors to interview, and the cockpit voice recorder disclosed only two sounds after the routine checklist readings: an unexplained thud and the single word "Damn!" shouted by the pilot or copilot, apparently just as the engine tore away from the wing...
...last generation, into the popular domain. These days it can be casually overheard around almost any office, street corner or watering hole. Indeed, many Americans have begun to sound, and a few to act, as though the appropriate way to navigate the holidays is with a clipboard and psychiatric checklist for keeping track of casualties...
...know," the letter began, "that you are very busy at The Crimson. But we do need to keep our records in order. If you could be so kind as to fill out the enclosed checklist and mail it back, we will prepare your study card for you." The letter included a stamped envelope addressed to a Mrs. Elizabeth Butterfield, assistant registrar...