Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...makeshift treatment centers in the lecture hall and in a library. They helped a score of wounded Grenadians and Cubans. The U.S. wounded were also given first aid. But morphine to relieve pain was running low. An outdoor basketball court was turned into a helicopter pad to lift the wounded to the Guam or to hospital facilities elsewhere. Recalled Student Paula Prezioso of Great Neck, N.Y.: "One minute we'd be under a desk, the next up looking for a Coke, the next treating some Cuban sniper. Then back under a desk...
...variety of experiments while parked in the shuttle's open cargo bay. At Kennedy last week crews stripped away the questionable booster while tests continued on why the insulating material failed. NASA said that there would be no firm word on a new launch date before Nov. 1. Lift-off could take place as soon as Nov. 28, but if that "window" is missed, the next opportunity would not come before next February because of the alignments of moon, sun and stars required for Spacelab's astronomical experiments...
...also decided to lift all rate regulation from MCI, Sprint and the other emerging long-distance carriers that compete with AT&T's long-distance service, and that in most cases already undercut its prices. The move was largely symbolic. The new long-distance carriers have been regulated scarcely at all since their inception. Nevertheless, AT&T was hardly happy about the decision The FCC left AT&T fully regulated, as the dominant carrier by far of long-distance calls. The company still must submit rate changes to the Government and justify them with elaborate data. Said...
Another friend then told him about an opening for general manager at a resort in Waterville Valley, N.H. He moved again, "since I wanted the challenge of working with the general public." His "responsibilities included handling 5000 people at a time, running a ski lift, ticketing, and running a restaurant." After eight years, he had enabled the previously struggling company to turn a profit...
...Yuknus booted a 42-yard field goal with 35 seconds left to lift Bucknell to a tie at Hempstead...