Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...policies were oriented more toward manufacturers than consumers. The enterprising Dole visited the home of the new director, Virginia Knauer, and gave her a detailed, unsolicited briefing on the department. Knauer made Dole deputy director of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs, where she looked for common ground between consumers and manufacturers, and helped persuade supermarkets to date products for freshness...
...upstart airlines like ValuJet. At the same time, the agency has been reluctant to force companies to use new technology, insisting on proof that the benefits outweigh the costs to the airlines. In the late '80s, for instance, the agency dragged its feet on requiring the installation of the ground-proximity warning system in commuter airlines, even though this simple device could have prevented a number of crashes. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a separate agency that investigates crashes, has suggested that the FAA check flight-data recorders regularly--not just after a crash--to assess planes and pilots...
...sprinter, but his upper body is like no sprinter's on earth. It looks more like a bag of rocks lashed together with steel cable. He hauls all this bulk to the end of the runway, then plants 17 ft. of fiber glass into the ground and proceeds to rocket, upside-down, toward the bar hanging nearly 20 ft. above his head. He has barely cleared the bar when one official turns to the other with an unusual confession. "Damn," he exclaims. "Check out Bubka. Wish that guy'd agree to be my wife's sperm donor...
...minor troop redeployments and rotations. "There's still a long way to go," says TIME's Sally Donnelly. "About 45,000 Russian troops are still stationed in Chechnya right now. No dramatic peace initiatives will happen before the election, and a lot could still go wrong on the ground." The ingredients for disaster are certainly in place. Doku Zavgayev, the Russian-backed leader of Chechnya, was the possible target of an assassination attempt foiled on Thursday when police disarmed five bombs in Grozny. Gunmen have fired repeatedly on Russian troops this week, wounding four Russian soldiers. -->