Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...becomes decidedly worse when he has to talk to Congress," notes one old friend. Anne Armstrong, chairman of the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, explains that Casey "doesn't spill his guts to anybody without a reason. If we don't ask the right question, we won't get the correct answer." One Congressman who grilled the CIA chief observed, "Casey talked like he was on trial...
...their duties. No such caveat applies in this case. Very few council members belong to no other organizations. No one has the right to pass judgement upon the merit of their membership in these organizations. The fact that at the present time it is considered both fun and politically correct to bash the final clubs is no excuse. The political and social climate here is not static, and what is popular today may be unpopular tomorrow. What is to prevent judgements based upon other controversial issues, such as religious beliefs or sexual orientation...
...fine looking hockey player, that Lane MacDonald...and he scores," was how they described the first goal of freshman defenseman McCormack's career--which in fact was tipped in by MacDonald. The announcers quickly changed their call to credit McCormack with the score, inadvertantly switching the correct call to an incorrect...
Despite the amount of data we receive, though, the ultimate effectiveness of it is determined by the men who must decide whether the Russian words "the target is destroyed" refer to a downed jetliner or are part of a routine drill. And even when the correct decision is made at this level, its accurate interpretation by the political leaders is far from certain...
...story for seven astronauts, but not for Morton-Thiokol. Its reaction to the disaster was to find new jobs for two of the engineers who had protested most vociferously against the doomed launch. William Rogers, chairman of the Presidential Commission which investigated the disaster, was correct when he said, "It would seem to me...they should be promoted, not demoted or pushed aside...