Word: extended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bill would extend the moratorium of taxing employee tuition assistance programs to 1985 and make the moratorium of equipment and research grants permanent, he said...
...Bridge and Chess and "Go" clubs use the Greenhouse area at night on a regular basis. The Chess club refused to allow the Greenhouse to extend its hours; on Tuesday, the club's designated evening. "Extra people create noise and would disrupt out weekly tournaments," said Jonathan S. Yedida '85, president of the club...
...five Super Etendard fighter planes, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been threatening to use the sophisticated weaponry to stop Iran from exporting oil from its Kharg Island terminal. That threat roused international concern. If Saddam Hussein proved as bad as his word, the war between Iraq and Iran might extend to other parts of the Persian Gulf and affect oil shipments of such Iraqi neighbors and benefactors as Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Last week those fears came closer to facts. Baghdad sent the French planes into action, striking two ships. As it happened, neither was carrying Iranian oil, and both...
...withered leaves on the tree long after nature would have let them fall. Today, 80% of Americans die in hospitals or nursing homes, generally in the course of receiving some sort of medical treatment. Doctors no longer speak of death by "natural causes." Because physicians have the capacity to extend life, they often feel obliged to use it, observes Dr. Bernard Towers, who helps direct a U.C.L.A. program for the study of medicine, law and human values. "Most people fear dying in the midst of electronic gadgetry," he says, "but it looks like there may come a time when...
...cumbersome solar panels, lay it on its side in the cargo bay and carry it back down to the ground for an overhaul.) By then, Challenger will have climbed to an altitude of 270 miles. The higher orbit will reduce the effect of atmospheric braking and extend the satellite's lifetime until at least 1989, or possibly even into the early 1990s, when the sun again erupts. For the next eight hours, the shuttle will hover near by while ground controllers make a final check on Solar Max's performance in orbit...