Word: launching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kathryn Sullivan, 33, the first American woman to walk in space, on the relative risks of rocket flight and driving in Texas: "Driving on the Houston freeway is more dangerous. I'll take my chances on the launch...
Spending on the manned orbiting space station, the next major NASA project, would be sliced by $1.2 billion over three years, possibly pushing back its scheduled launch date in the early 1990s. Subsidized school lunches would be restricted to children from needy families, for a saving of $2.2 billion. Similar proposals in the past have foundered on the question of applying means tests to the 23 million students in the program. The Administration would also require that veterans seeking free medical benefits after 1987 either be disabled or have proven financial need. Projected saving: $400 million...
WASHINGTON--An influent at conservative organization is urging the Reagan administration to launch "a top priority" battle against the comparable worth theory of achieving pay equity for women...
League-leading passer Dan Marino wears 13, of all numbers. Dan Fouts, San Diego's Air Launch Commander, wears 14. St. Louis's Neil Lomax wears 15. Joe Montana, perhaps the best quarterback in the game today, wears the number 16. So does Jim Plunkett. Warren Moon of the Oilers wears a kicker's number...
...Fine Print. The task of forging arms control agreements today may well be beyond the ken of any administration, let alone one ill-disposed to the things. The arms race, having spiralled nonstop since World War II, is now prepped to launch into an entirely new level of technology, which is destined to leave the current arsenals--and hence arsenal-limiting ideas--obsolete. Right now, nobody's even sure of a framework to discuss the plethora of land, sea, and air nukes. The likelihood that even dedicated arms controllers could limit this plethora in the next four years is small...