Word: longer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Women could not work with men, fewer than half of Hispanics owned land and the work was seasonal. As a result, women could not find jobs and lost their economic status and equal role in their society. "The women were no longer bosses. They were dependents," Deutsch said...
...roll out the beverage carts, passengers in the forward section heard a hissing noise. Within seconds came a loud thump of bursting metal and a roar of cold air. "It was like a dream," said passenger Gary Garber later. "A section of the plane wasn't there any longer...
...same time, individual planes are making more flights and longer ones. A chief measure of wear and tear in an aircraft fuselage is the "pressurization cycle" -- one takeoff, one landing -- which requires that the cabin be pressurized for high-altitude flight and then depressurized during descent. This places stress on the airframe; over time, repeated expansion and contraction weaken the plane. Like a balloon that has been inflated too many times, the plane's skin becomes vulnerable to tearing. But while the Flight 811 jet has been in service for 19 years and is one of the oldest in United...
...Longer range, Bush is running a risk of subtly and unintentionally undermining his Administration. A primal commandment for new Presidents, particularly those faced with a Congress controlled by the opposition party: Thou shalt avoid early defeats. The opening days are the time when Congress and the public -- and foreign leaders -- are sizing up the new man. The perceptions they form early are likely to color their view of the President throughout his term...
More important, the Soviet initiative reinforced an emerging consensus in the Middle East that the conflict can no longer be ignored. "The postponements have ended," said a Cairo-based diplomat. "Now, either there will be progress toward peace or there will be a moment of truth that the gaps between the parties cannot be bridged...