Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suppose they said, "We don't want you guys to lose our bags anymore. And every time you lose a bag we're going to fine you a million dollars." Well, I can fix that tomorrow morning! We will never lose another bag. But it will be very inconvenient to travel. Today you come into Dallas-Fort Worth from all these different places, and in 45 minutes you make your connection and you go out. But in the world of the future, where bags are never lost, I'm going to keep you there for three hours, because...
...problems of the American health care system are so huge and terrible, it is almost incomprehensible. Everything that is right with the system is going wrong. And everything that is wrong is getting worse. No one thing is responsible for the collapse of the system; no simple repair will fix...
...network continuously broadcasts a signal indicating the time and the spacecraft's exact position. (A total of 16 satellites are now aloft; there will be 24, including three spares, when the system is completed in 1993.) A GPS receiver uses simultaneous readings from three different satellites to "fix" the user's longitude and latitude...
...debate about reform of public education in America should focus on long-term policy instead of quick-fix solutions, a five-member panel of Harvard professors told a crowd of more than 200 educators in Longfellow Hall yesterday...
Associate Professor of Education Susan M. Johnson said that while politicians and the press often look for a "quick fix" to America's educational woes, lasting reform will be "hard and slow...