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...baseball, it's three strikes, you're out. What is it for the Secretary of Defense?" U.S. SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY, questioning Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a Senate hearing on the Iraq war about the "series of gross errors and mistakes" made on his watch...
...have a patient in the hospital with one on any given day." In a small number of cases, the wearers develop severe ulcers and scarring of the cornea, the transparent layer of cells stretching over the pupil and the iris, or colored part of the eye. Last year Dr. Donald Doughman of the University of Minnesota treated six patients for serious infections. Some of them may require corneal transplants to restore their vision, he says. "We just feel lucky that no one lost...
...gamut from Grass Blade, designed to develop an air-defense system for intercepting low-flying helicopters, to Pilot Fish, aimed at placing transmitters on the ocean floor to pick up sonar data and transmit it to antisubmarine warfare craft. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Donald Hicks says that black budgeting is necessary "because a government as open as ours needs some way to protect certain programs from public disclosure...
...president of the New York City borough of Queens, Donald Manes was the political boss of a community whose population (2 million) puts it on a par with the fourth-largest city in the U.S. A savvy leader whose burly gruffness sometimes masked his warmth and intelligence, he had been known as "the King of Queens" for the way he dispensed patronage and used his clout with city hall in Manhattan...
...with great reluctance, the President, having worked so hard, creatively and constructively for these potentially tremendous achievements, simply had to refuse to compromise the security of the U.S., of our allies and freedom by abandoning the shield that has held in front of freedom." White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan put the failure in more direct language: "We got 99 yards but didn't score. It was the Soviets who fumbled the ball...