Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well as subsequent legislation on educational aid and discrimination against the elderly and handicapped--has required institutions and programs which are funded by the fed eral government to avoid discriminating at all on the basis of race, sex, age or disability, even in departments or programs which receive no direct help from the government...
...Donald Kutyna, observed bitingly, "If this was an airplane and I just had a fight with Boeing over whether the wing could fall off, I think I'd tell the pilot." Reinartz explained that he had informed his boss, William Lucas, director of the Marshall center, who had no direct launch authority. "If you want to report a fire," said Kutyna, "you don't go to the mayor...
...Ames scientists had hit upon the idea of using the Pioneer 12 spacecraft, which has been orbiting Venus since December 1978, surveying the planet with an array of instruments. Around the time of Halley's perihelion, they realized, Venus--and thus Pioneer--would be in position to have a direct view of the comet. Late in December the scientists ordered the spacecraft to pivot 90 degrees and point its ultraviolet scanner at the comet. It has been transmitting Halley's data to Ames ever since. Says Ian Stewart, chief scientist of the Pioneer- Halley's project: "It's a gift...
Another potential problem is that the Government could challenge the merger on antitrust grounds. New York Air and Eastern are currently direct competitors on heavily traveled routes from New York to Boston, Washington, and Florida cities. While the Justice Department is studying the deal, other airlines could come forward to top Texas Air's bid. Says Robert Joedicke, an airline analyst for the Shearson Lehman Bros. investment firm: "The merger is not a fait accompli yet. A lot of things can happen...
...stepping out of office in March 1988 and of what should be done after that. But that should be none of his business." Both Kims support renewing the campaign to get 10 million people, or 25% of South Korea's population, to sign an opposition petition calling for direct presidential elections...