Word: jointly
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January's disaster was the result of 38 degrees temperatures, which weakened an O ring, one of a pair of synthetic-rubber washers that keep hot gases from squirting through tiny gaps in the joint between sections of the solid-fuel rocket. When the O ring failed, escaping gas cut into the shuttle's liquid-fuel booster like a blowtorch and triggered a massive explosion. The modified design, said Thomas, will make a repeat catastrophe virtually impossible...
...most important changes are a new material for the O rings (probably a nitrosilicon rubber), which NASA expects to pass tests down to 31 degrees, and a small heater installed at each joint, just in case. Another is a "capture latch," a metal lip containing an added O ring, which would force escaping gas to turn an extra corner and lose momentum. The maximum distance that joints can pull apart under the stress of launch will be reduced from the current one thirty-thousandth of an inch to one-fifth that figure. A "vulcanized, rubbery substance" will replace the putty...
...Mubarak would like the U.S. to untie the strings attached to Egypt's $1 billion in annual economic aid, which is largely awarded in the form of specific joint-development projects. The Egyptians want more of the aid in cash...
Leasing will play a growing role in the airline industry. Steven Udvar- Hazy, president of International Lease Finance, predicts that by 1990 about 25% of all planes will be leased, up from 10% today, a trend producing new alliances. GPA and McDonnell-Douglas have signed the first joint venture between a leasing company and an aircraft manufacturer, creating a firm called Irish Aerospace. It will have exclusive rights for leasing McDonnell-Douglas planes throughout the world...
...paycheck to college boys afraid to graduate into an unwelcoming world, from a ruined multimillionaire to a scrounging hobo. These are often archetypes, but just as often their circumstances have been drawn from historical record. The documentary aura is heightened by two dozen popular songs ironically interposed (The Joint Is Jumpin', How Long Blues, Sittin' Around...