Word: ge
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exactly what she had found. General Electric had distributed photos of the disk in its search for the cause of the crash of a United Airlines DC-10 last July in Sioux City. The crash, which killed 112 passengers, has been blamed on the explosion of the jet's GE-made aft engine, which severed the aircraft's hydraulic control lines...
...most sought-after part because it served as the hub for the engine's turbine blades. Metallurgists who inspected the disk last week found a crack that appeared to have been present before the explosion and may have triggered it. From its total reward fund of $271,000, GE paid farmer Sorenson, 58, a bounty of $120,000 for her discovery...
...program, despite such bright spots as a plentiful supply of most meats. The two Communist giants are floundering, and for some of the same reasons, in their efforts to modernize and reorganize their political and economic systems. Both Gorbachev's perestroika (restructuring) and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's gai ge (reform) face opposition. Barriers to reform in the Soviet Union are an entrenched bureaucracy and a growing indifference on the part of citizens who have yet to see a tangible return for their requested sacrifices. In China people are balking at being asked to cut back after a decade...
...more practical experts say that the lights will make the Cubs see the ball better. The lights will be a blessing for pitchers. These experts have forgottten about whom they are talking. These are the Cubs, not the 1970 Orioles. They'll need more than GE bulbs to turn Al Nipper into Jim Palmer. At least, in the afternoon, opposing hitters can't see the ball...
...superpower thaw is warming up interest in U. S.- Soviet ventures. -- The writers' strike brings on the reruns. -- GE jets...