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...nation could move on in space. But he also knew that most investigations never arrive at firm conclusions. Events and the nature of the tragedy played his way, however, and it became apparent in the first few days that a mechanical failure might prove to be the fault. Yet something nagged in the back of the lawyer's mind. When he heard that the technicians had based their O.K. for the shuttle flight on the premise that "there were no conclusive data against it," Rogers understood that there was a management problem behind the accident. Evidence that a rocket will...
...grew impatient with normal social niceties,turning on a friend who through no fault of herown was unwilling to open up her soul to me, andsecretly resenting others who still lived by asocial code I had left behind a year before...
...things could have beendifferent, but...Radcliffe did the best it could,"Folkenflik says. "I can't fault Radcliffe becauseI was born...
...brandishing large chunks of cheese. Protested Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa: "The public perception is that unless they see you on TV, you're not doing your job. When my colleagues ask me why I'm giving so many speeches, I can say it's your own damn fault for voting TV in." On the other hand, the wavy- haired and matinee-idol-handsome John Warner (Actress Elizabeth Taylor's ex-hubby) proclaimed with virtuous self-denial, "I will not start combing my hair or wear red ties. I shall remain the shaggy renegade character I've always been...
Jimmy Carter shouldn't be singled out. The attitude of the Reagan Administration has been even worse. Today, six years after so close a call as TMI, far too little has been done to improve safety--and it's the government's fault...