Word: furthers
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The shuttle may serve some auxiliary role in the space program, but the thrust of the program should be to further scientific knowledge of space. Even sending astronauts beyond earth orbit would be a welcome break from the cargo-hauler routine of the shuttle, for it would at least appeal...
Barker, who as president serves as official spokesperson for the Board, would not comment further on the Overseers meeting or on the status of the committee's report. When asked why he would not disclose the results of the meeting, Barker said, "This matter is still confidential. I cannot talk...
It is uncertain how much of a dent Bhutto can make in these problems. Not only is her majority in Parliament paper-thin, her power is diluted by the fact that the Senate is dominated by the opposition Islamic Democratic Alliance, as is the government of Punjab, the most populous...
But Gorbachev apparently had second thoughts about carrying the campaign against the Estonians any further. In his 70-minute opening address, he dropped a prepared passage that would have heaped more criticism on the Baltic republic. Instead, he acknowledged that some provisions of the draft laws had been "formulated imprecisely...
Yet some relaxation of standards appears to be taking place, partly in response to competition from cable, where explicit material is commonplace. "The networks have seen their share of the audience erode, and I think there is a tacit approval to go a little further," says Robert Singer, an executive...