Word: launching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet Union can launch the first satellite, the first astronaut in space and the Second World War-winning T-34 tank, but it is behind -- perhaps as much as a decade -- in high-tech avionics, guidance systems and the whole range of electronics. But the Soviet designer is not stupidly proud. If someone has a better idea than he does, he accepts it. And that is what GRU activities in the West are all about...
...idea of simplifying the tax code and making it fairer is heartily supported by most of the public; with Reagan set to launch a full-scale crusade, it still has a chance of passage. But as more and more special benefits and complexities are added even before the plan reaches Congress, the original goal seems to be slipping away. As Senator Bill Bradley, sponsor of the Democrats' tax-reform bill, sighed last week, "At some point, if this continues, you have to ask yourself whether the entire exercise is worth...
...find it difficult to perform the ritual of touching his forehead to the floor during prayers. As a "payload specialist" on the next voyage of the space shuttle Discovery, Saudi Prince % Sultan ibn Salman ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud, a nephew of King Fahd's, will help supervise the launch of Arabsat 1B, a communications satellite funded by 22 Arab countries. Says he: "My flight has great significance. More young people in Saudi Arabia will look at the mission and open their eyes to technology and science...
This passionate epistle to President Reagan is one of some 20,000 letters and testimonies collected by a coalition of pro-choice organizations to launch a yearlong campaign titled "Abortion Rights: Silent No More." The National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) led groups like Planned Parenthood, the National Organization for Women, and Catholics for a Free Choice in the campaign, which is designed to counter what they see as the growing tendency of antiabortion advocates to dominate the public debate...
...number of space glitches, none of them momentous. A drinking-water spigot temporarily stuck, leaving the crew so thirsty that some proposed to use the water in their survival-kit rations. The crew successfully spun off one satellite that will aid air-traffic control, but they were unable to launch another that could have assisted the Defense Department in tracking submarines. Reason: the apparent failure, possibly due to weak batteries, of a microswitch on the door of the canister housing the satellite. Other frustrations included a sticky latch on an air lock in the Spacelab, which prevented mission specialists from...