Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thought the course had been abandoned "because the instructor was leaving, and there'd be no one to teach the course." If in fact the committee did take a decisive vote on the issue, it was not the best informed of all decisions. "They could have been in closer touch with the courses," Byker said, "but the committee members are very busy with other work in their fields." He noted, in their defense, that the committee did meet with a student expository writing committee several times a year...
...looking aircraft, a red star emblazoned on each of its twin tails, suddenly swept in for an unexpected landing. As the plane touched down, a tire blew out, and the plane rolled beyond the end of the mile-long runway before braking to a stop. When the workers rushed closer for a better view, a young man in a gray flying suit and white helmet climbed out, brandishing an automatic pistol. "Get back!" he cried in Russian. "I am a lieutenant in the Soviet air force, and I want to go to the United States." Pointing to his plane...
...extracting the bomb and the messages from the locker, New York police took successful precautions. They were not so fortunate in attempting to defuse the bomb, which was sealed in a home pressure cooker. When a detonating device failed to explode the bomb, four policemen went to have a closer look, and the bomb suddenly went off. One officer, his chest blown away, died instantly. The others were severely wounded...
...restitching the green carpeting for the candidates' platform. At air time an estimated 700 technicians, reporters, television executives and candidates' staff members jammed the WBBM-TV building in Chicago. The network said it spent $633,000 on the production. The producers kept trying to move the candidates closer together than they wished; ABC did best, placing their lecterns just six feet apart...
...departments function as noncommunicating intellectual fiefdoms." O'Brien plans to teach one course for seniors called "Last Chance Philosophy" and to invite representatives of such institutions as CBS, U.S. Steel or the Metropolitan Opera to participate in courses examining the roles they play. The purpose: to bring students closer to "the realities of American society...