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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Chan centered in on the most marketable aspect of each of our bodies, and made no bones about concentrating on that. His eyes were chest level on me: he asked me if I had a strong bust. "Yeah, I can lift heavy objects with it--what do you mean?" He asked me if I would come back in a bikini the next day, and suggested I pose semi-nude. He noted that I was "hippy" and that that would be good for some poses...

Author: By Ariela J. Gross, | Title: Tales of a Would-be Playboy Bunny? | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

...early as Dec. 17, 1982, the testimony showed, NASA had been concerned enough about the possibility that the O rings might fail during lift-off to designate them as "criticality 1" items, components whose failure would doom the mission. Earlier shuttle flights had indicated that the second ring might be unseated from its groove by the great pressures on the rocket casing during lift-off, and could not always be relied upon as a backup should the first ring fail. Lack of a reliable backup violated a longtime NASA principle. The space agency formally waived the redundancy requirement for these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Serious Deficiency | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

...claimed the level of violence had dropped sufficiently to enable him to issue a proclamation, "most probably this coming Friday," to lift the state of emergency...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Africa to Lift State of Emergency | 3/5/1986 | See Source »

...promise to lift the state of emergency won praise from one of his most implacable foes, Member of Parliament Helen Suzman of the Progressive Federal Party...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: South Africa to Lift State of Emergency | 3/5/1986 | See Source »

...student-faculty Committee on House Life will ask house masters to lift the ban on temporary liquor licenses, permitting house committees to charge admission to parties...

Author: By Nina E. Sonenberg, | Title: College Urges Easing House Party Rules | 3/4/1986 | See Source »

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