Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israelis also had available a small number of American-made Mavericks, one of the "smart" bombs first used in Viet Nam. Carried aboard a fighter-bomber, it has a small TV lens and computer in its nose. The pilot can fix the target (usually a tank) in his sights, and lock onto it. The Maverick will then hit the target even if the at tacking plane takes evasive maneuvers or leaves the area. About 200 more Mavericks are being shipped to the Israelis in the current U.S. airlift...
...monthly "agendas," which may include filling out math work sheets based on grocery ads in the local newspapers, or conducting a tough cross-examination of Mount Grab's vice-mayor on local government. "I'd rather have my class go to see a city council meeting or fix the city's fire hydrants than sit in school all day," says Lodwick. "They're not going to use algebra and Latin, but they might want to run for council or be a fireman some...
Busy repairmen who cannot be bribed with money to fix a broken washing machine or refrigerator will break all speed records if the bribe is blue jeans, one of the most coveted items in the G.D.R...
Further, cities should follow the lead of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del., which give abandoned houses free to any body who will fix them up and live in them for a specified number of years. That move could restore huge blighted areas of central cities and accommodate much expected population growth without aggravating suburban sprawl...
Drafted by Washington Democratic Senator Henry M. Jackson, chairman of the powerful Interior Committee, and passed in the Senate by a 64-21 vote last June, the National Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act does not fix policy at all. Instead, it provides $1.1 billion over eight years to help states devise a process of planning and "methods of implementation" for their plans. The states would have to pay special attention to: 1) areas of critical environmental concern, notably shore lines, floodplains, wildlife habitats; 2) areas affected by key facilities that induce growth, notably highways, airports, power plants...