Word: detailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rogers commission report is to be given to the President later this week. In unsparing detail, it will lay out, in the words of one commission member, "the awful failures and compromises that ended in that January disaster." Strict new safety procedures and accountability will be recommended, as well as increased astronaut involvement in the decision to launch a shuttle...
...into their classmates' lives to appraise how much to bleed them for--is a flop. It opens with a pointless description of what three of Vigeland's classmates did after graduating, moves through a long account of a sappy conversation with Robert "Children of Crisis" Coles, describes in soporific detail the schedule for the 25th reunion and the differences between the Red, Green and Grape groups, and shamelessly repeats gag-me-with-a-spoon comments like: "For reasons one can't understand, something goes out of here and affects a person, generates some pride and gratitude, generates a gift...
Cuomo is a detail man who likes to do things himself. He polishes his elegant speeches and his clunky black shoes--and is proud of both. He reads the fine print in the bills he signs. There is no gatekeeper on his staff; he is the axis of the wheel. One ex-staffer says that Cuomo has created no real machine of government, has no grasp of management systems: "He runs a high- level mom-and-pop operation...
...historians suppose, Albrecht Durer's father. It is a huge drinking cup in the form of an armed three-masted carrack, nearly 3 ft. high, done in silver gilt, complete down to the last cannon and sheave, its decks and rigging swarming with 74 tiny sailors and passengers. In detail if not, perhaps, in sculptural grace, it out-Cellinis Cellini...
Danieli's revenues surged 20% last year, to $139.2 million, and profits increased 37%, to $13.5 million. Looking ahead, the company is blessed with a backlog of orders worth $696 million. Customers appreciate Danieli's state-of- the-art technology and attention to detail. Though many steel plants are built by a team of companies, Danieli often takes charge of every phase of a project, from design to construction...