Word: helper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...question is Nancy Reagan, who was credited in 1987 with using her well-shod foot to loft the self-important chief of staff, Donald Regan, out of the White House. Her husband, like virtually all other Presidents, had been trying to avoid the distasteful task of firing a helper and friend whose insensitivity was damaging the nation...
...term hardship post. Counting construction workers, maintenance crews and other support staff, Antarctica's population is only 4,000 or so, even in midsummer. The scientists and other residents tend to be in their 20s and 30s -- vigorous enough to endure the world's coldest workplace. A carpenter's helper recalls toiling one time at -40 degrees C (-40 degrees F) in an unheated building. She had on so many layers of clothing that it took most of her energy just to move, she says. As for the scientists, common sense sometimes gives way to a sense of mission. Researchers...