Word: designs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bomb that destroys people without destroying buildings! If we have come this far with modern technology, couldn't we design a bomb that destroys buildings and weapons-and not people...
...example of the left-handed postal clerk wasn't silly. Regrettably, the man-made environment is usually designed for the "average" citizen, which leaves out the majority: short, tall, pregnant, fat, disabled or lefthanded. Flexible solutions are possible if the buyers of design service see the importance of designing for everyone. Keep fighting, lefties...
...from conceding any serious flaw in design, maintenance or pilot training. Pentagon brass and Marine Corps senior officers insist that nothing is wrong and refuse to ground the plane. Says Major...
...lights back on again quickly. In an interim report on the causes of the blackout, ordered by President Carter, the FPC accused Con Ed of "inability to provide reliable service." There were "obvious flaws" in the utility's system to begin with, said the agency. "The design of the transmission network and the protective devices designed to protect the system were inadequate." Then, said the FPC, when lightning bolts struck the system, Con Ed failed to employ emergency measures in time to shed sufficient load, did not put into operation all of its stand-by generating units...
...Hauspurg called the FPC'S statements "inaccurate," its conclusions "unsupported" and complained that 15 hours after the report had been "leaked" to the press Con Ed still did not have a copy. His main point: The events of July 13 "were so extraordinary that they went beyond the design and capability of the system." That comment, at least, was preferable to the initial explanation by a Con Ed spokesman, who attributed the blackout...