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NASA will study the bids for months before winners are announced, probably in November. The space station, which will require some 30 shuttle flights to haul its pieces into orbit, is scheduled to be completed in the mid-1990s...
...campaign now and generous TV ads next winter, but also because it is a mark of momentum. In a crowded field that lacks a clear front runner, it is a test of early strength. Dukakis must still show that he can attract money from strangers. Two-thirds of his haul came from Massachusetts. Donors of Greek descent supplied some of the out-of-state money. Biden and Gephardt, by contrast, have built broader financial bases...
...neighbor's spring. But the execution is grim and protracted; the plotters stand by, offering sympathy but no practical assistance as Jean descends first to exhaustion, then to madness, finally to death as he tries to fight an extended drought with the few gallons of water he can painfully haul from a ; spring that is many rugged miles away...
...spread widely during the high-inflation 1970s. Many corporations are seeking to replace regular pay raises with annual bonus systems. These lump-sum payments, common in executive circles, expand and contract with a company's profitability. The advantage for employers is that the bonuses cost less over the long haul because they do not compound year after year, as raises do. Last October, Boeing reached an agreement with its machinists that froze basic wages while granting annual bonuses that will average about 7% of their base...
CONGESTION. Traffic snarls are the No. 1 gripe everywhere. Offices and beaches may be close by, but getting to them can be as time consuming and nerve jangling as making the haul between suburb and city. During a stifling spring heat wave two weeks ago, one couple in Long Island's fast-growing Suffolk County took 1 hr. 15 min. to sweat through 15 miles of bumper-to-bumper traffic between their home and the ocean beachfront of Robert Moses State Park. Du Page County's Morton Arboretum, a popular spot for local outings, is becoming a walled fortress. Managers...