Word: controller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Republican accusations unfairly represent the problems that senators had with the Tower nomination. Many senators were concerned with the $750,000 which Tower, a former chair of the Armed Services Committee, received from defense contractors shortly after he stopped representing the United States in Geneva arms control negotiations...
Tower conceded that there was a point in hislife when he changed his drinking habits, and inan unprecedented display by a former senator, theonetime chair of the Armed Services Committee andU.S. arms control negotiator described his pastlifestyle to the nation...
While the Air Force insists that electronic flight-control circuits inside its aircraft are shielded against radar and radio emissions, it closed the radar station completely during a precision-flying exhibition in November by its Thunderbirds aerobatic team. Several Army BlackHawk helicopters have crashed when their pilots flew too close to radio antennas elsewhere and lost control of their choppers. The Air Force has now compiled a list of 300 powerful radio transmitters in the U.S. that its pilots must avoid by a certain distance. The list is secret...
...years ago, it became apparent to University officials that Adolphus Busch Hall, the former home of the Busch-Reisinger collection of Central and Northern European art, was inadequate. A lack of climate control and a problem with housing the museum's growing need for space prompted Harvard to consider building a new museum for the collection. Yesterday, the plans for the new structure were unveiled at the Fogg in a special exhibit, The New Building for the Busch-Reisinger Museum: Plans and Drawings by Gwathmey Siegel and Associates...
...several years museum officials had been concerned that Adolphus Busch Hall's complete lack of a climate control jeopardized the collection's more fragile pieces, such as the paper works and wooden sculptures. Furthermore, the 68 year-old structure was not adequately equipped to provide services for handicapped patrons. Officials considered renovating the old building but soon realized costs would be too high. Thus, they made plans to construct a new building to display the collection...