Word: leak
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seven crew members of the Challenger were killed when it exploded shortly after lift-off Jan. 28, and a possible leak in the right booster is considered a possible cause...
...casing, several rocket specialists say, would have sent the booster cartwheeling wildly through space. Bob Truax, a retired engineer who directed the Thor missile program in the 1950s, agrees. "After the explosion, they were continuing on a fairly normal trajectory," he says. "Even if you get a small leak, that hole would get bigger in a matter of seconds, and you'd have hell in a handbasket very quickly...
...investigation into the leak by Thatcher's Cabinet secretary and head of the domestic civil service, Sir Robert Armstrong, showed that it had originated in the Prime Minister's own office. Faced with this damaging evidence, Thatcher last week told the House that it was Brittan's staff at the Trade and Industry Ministry that had actually leaked the letter. The investigation, she explained, had shown that the ministry aides "acted in good faith in the knowledge that they had the authority (of Brittan) and cover from my office for proceeding." As for her personal involvement, Thatcher insisted that...
...believe, however, that Brittan's resignation will end the questions about Thatcher's role in the affair. An emergency parliamentary debate is scheduled this week on the Westland controversy. Labor Leader Neil Kinnock gave the Prime Minister a taste of the attacks she can expect when he called the leak the action of a government "not just rotten to the core but rotten from the core." Thatcher is certain to respond in kind...
...rallied must surely be the envy of many other Harvard student groups. No one can argue with the two causes espoused by less than 100 people last week. One thousand letters is surely impressive, and, no matter how hard the Soviet authorities try, information on their genocide continues to leak out in forums like the one last week. But the fact remains that gigantic, systematic injustices around the world go virtually unnoticed on our campus...