Word: fixing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trick is to put small amounts of money in early, before the sewer backs up or the lights go out." But, Keith Spalding, president of Franklin and Marshall College, points out, "very few private colleges depreciate their buildings. It is tempting to balance the budget by failing to fix the roof." Case in point: last year the University of New Hampshire neglected a leaky roof. Because of whiter snow seepage, not only the roof but ceilings and interior walls needed repair...
...order to establish such a program Americans must first realize that the greatest threat to our national security is not military, but rather our parasitical dependence on potentially hostile nations for energy. The solution to this problem, instead of selling fighter planes for a quick "fix" of cash that can buy a few more barrels, is a concentrated program of developing alternate energy sources (such as solar or synthetic fuels) and curbing our wasteful energy habits (by the increased use of mass transportation, for example). Only by viewing this as a crucial matter of "national security" can such a comprehensive...
...NOTEBOOK: WHRB spotter, John Dubaz, failed in his third attempt at the Bermuda Shoot, and ex-varsity cager, Dave Coatsworth, missed on his second try. Is the fix on, or what?... Crowd pleaser Dave Durham is no longer rolling a season-long donut, after hitting for two points last night...
Throughout history, controls have seemed a tempting quick fix for inflation. Nearly 40 centuries ago, the Babylonian King Hammurabi established wage and price limits. They set, for example, the annual wage of a field worker at eight gur (75 bu.) of corn and that of a herdsman at six gur (56.25 bu.). The Roman Emperor Diocletian in A.D. 301 published official price lists that included artichokes and transportation by camel; any gougers were executed. The most recent American experience with general controls was President Nixon's 1971-74 program of freezes, followed by varying degrees of restraint...
...waste your time worrying about things you cannot do anything about. Don't try to fix things that are impossible. Concentrate on the possibles...