Word: crisises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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NASA took steps to improve the astronauts' chances of survival should such a mishap occur. For the first time since the summer of 1982, the crew left the launch pad ensconced in bulky space suits, each partly pressurized and equipped with an oxygen tank, a parachute and an inflatable raft...
The so-called Baker plan of 1985 aimed to provide a long-term solution to the debt crisis. The initiative called for $29 billion in new loans from commercial banks and lending agencies like the World Bank. There was one important condition: the debtor nations had to modernize their economies...
Despite their deceiving appearence, these blue jean-clad scholars are the root of a legal education movement which former Harvard Assistant Professor of Clare Dalton says has caused a "crisis of faith" at law schools nationwide.
Heroux says the labor shortage has been severe for several years. "It's been almost at the edge of crisis at all times," he says. "Employers are literally scrambling and scratching for employees."
Are these true confessions? Although police are skeptical, experts say many of the calls are probably legitimate. "Desperate people can be uncensored and unguarded at their moment of crisis," says psychologist Gerald Goodman of the University of California, Los Angeles. Though the confessions contain an element of playacting, most callers...