Word: fixing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...senior expert on these engines at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The engines "have been working," says Thompson, "but they always can come back and bite you." In the view of NASA Chief Engineer Milton Silveira, the various shuttle problems will cost at least $500 million to fix...
...reorganized development office is also expected to solicit donations for Harvard's sore spots. Major renovations to the Radcliffe Quad houses have yet to be completed, and the University is already $780 million in hock for the fix-up job. But gifts to academic programs are more appealing; no one has lent a name and the necessary $7 to $10 million to renovate the last unnamed upperclass residence, North House...
Jewett learned early on that a quick and easy fix to the student input problem was always the Council. Maybe it was better in the days when Fox got his input direct from Kirkland House--at least it was better as far as alcohol is concerned...
...career close to the fiscal brink have already received more attention (and shekels from Newsweek), than they deserve. What hasn't gotten so much remark is the character of the man himself. Perhaps people are tired of Stockman, perhaps Michael Deaver's shenanigans have supplied everyone's sleaze fix, but Triumph is not only the tale of history's greatest fiscal fiasco, it's an extraordinary summary of the political degeneration of a generation, a moral and institutional slackness that characterizes politics the Harvard...
...time users-- focused on nothing but their next hit." Police in Florida have noticed increases in burglaries and armed robberies in areas where crack is sold. Says Captain Robert Lamont of the Dade County police narcotics division: "These are the crimes that can generate enough cash for a , quick fix. Then it's off to the streets to raise more cash." But robbery is not the only price society pays for crack; the state of near psychosis that heavy cocaine use produces leads easily to violence. New York City police have attributed a recent rash of brutal crimes to young...