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...think I'm worried about adding another constraint to humanities students," said Robert M. Woollacott, chairman of the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: CUE Debates Proposed Science C Bypass Option | 5/1/1987 | See Source »

...primarily motivated by a desire to get re-elected, Buchanan assumes. "Their natural proclivity is to spend more and not tax," he says. The result: a "regime of permanent budget deficits." The cure, Buchanan contends, is to change the rules of the game. Says he: "We must impose a constraint on politicians when it comes to spending." Accordingly, he supports a constitutional amendment to require Congress to balance the budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECONOMICS: Lives of Spirit and Dedication | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

There was yet another roadblock to action: despite the documents, top flight officials at Marshall, including Mulloy, believed that the seal had redundancy in the critical early stages of ignition. Dutifully, however, Mulloy slapped a formal launch constraint on the joint problem. That meant that there could be no shuttle flight until the seal was fixed. But few above Mulloy even knew the constraint existed; worse yet, having imposed the restraint, Mulloy routinely waived it before each launch. So the shuttles flew, its astronauts innocently unaware of the lingering joint danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Fixing Nasa | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...difficulty could happen. Mulloy replied that the closeout had been a mistake, "a failure of the human being within the system." Snapped Rogers: "It was a little more than that. It's a failure of the whole system if one letter and one human being can close out a constraint that has been concerning you for many years." Rogers asked Russell why he had recommended the closure. "Because I was asked to," Russell answered. "Well," commented Rogers with biting sarcasm, "that explains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Fixing Nasa | 6/9/1986 | See Source »

...establish an acceptable batting average and to accustom people to your approach: "I'm not ideological. I change my mind a lot, issue to issue. Commentary is a state of mind." It is not, Moyers believes, his views that keep him off the news: "There's never been a constraint editorially on me." Instead he loses out to CBS News...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Newswatch: The Decline of the Furrowed Face | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

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