Word: decking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...watched a demonstration of warplanes beingcatapulted off the deck and screeching into thesky. A thunderous sonic boom from an F-14 caughthim by surprise, and Bush's knees buckled and heducked. He recovered quickly with a sheepish grinand a funny face for cameras...
...almost mocking contrast to the weather's carnage in the eastern half of the U.S., a bright sun shone on San Francisco and Oakland as 11,000 people strolled onto the Bay Bridge in an advance celebration of its weekend reopening. The 50-ft. section of the upper deck that collapsed during the quake had been repaired well ahead of schedule in a round-the-clock $2.5 million construction feat. California Governor George Deukmejian cheerily declared, "We're back, and we're in business again...
...care at the pool. Soon, too many people came with their babies, and a second sitter was hired. As an informal service, there were a few guidelines for the sitters, and some of the older toddlers, who had grown up next to the pool, were walking around the deck. Again, it was time to reassess the situation and make the necessary adaptations...
...issue of strollers on the pool deck is not a simple one. But if, as Harvard insists, it is not a question of liability, but of safety, are they implying that we, the parents, are not at least as concerned about the safety of our children as they? If safety is the issue, and not the exclusion of children/strollers, why can they not accept one of our many counter-proposals...
...Strollers allowed on the deck only at certain hours...