Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What Simone would do is clear. "I would go to theater and eat in restaurants and fix up my house. I would live," she says. Neither she nor her husband nor any member of the Lutece staff has ever had a meal in the restaurant's dining room. "Our families come, but it is not right for us to wait on each other," Andre and his captains agree...
...Truly, 48, who had spent 14 years as a NASA astronaut and whose last duty before leaving the agency in 1983 was to command a flight of the Challenger. Departing from his post as head of the Naval Space Command, Truly vowed last week to "find the cause and fix it," and get NASA "back in business...
...trying to fix the problem by upgrading its computer system, but that effort suffered a setback last week. IRS officials canceled a contract for $73 million worth of new computers and software to be supplied by Virginia-based Computer Systems & Resources, after a Government review panel found that the equipment had serious deficiencies. For one thing, the system's mastery of COBOL, a computer language widely used in the Government, did not meet federal standards. The panel also concluded that the system would probably cost $101 million, instead of the $73 million estimated by the Virginia company...
...also famous for last-minute obstinacy. And in addition to budget cutting, he sees all kinds of possibilities in "privatization," the selling off of Government assets (like grazing lands) and reducing of Government functions (like mortgage insurance). "The crystal ball is cloudy, but the political elements for the big fix are probably not now present," reports TIME National Political Correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. "In Congress, there is too much dissension within each House and within each party. In the White House, there is serious question whether Reagan fully understands what is involved. There is also a dearth of both acumen...
...lawsuit cited in the San Jose Mercury News, and a virtually identical February 1984 case that was revealed by New York City's Village Voice. In each suit the plaintiff charged that he and several partners, including Mrs. Marcos, had purchased Lindenmere in 1981 through a Cura(pi202)FIX THIS!ao-based corporation called Ancor Holdings N.V., with plans to develop the property into a $19 million resort...