Word: maines
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President could still give the Alliance first crack at fashioning a governing coalition, but its two main leaders failed to win Assembly seats. Command of the Alliance was ceded to Mian Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab and a Zia protege, who won two seats...
Another significant difference in the shuttle systems concerns the boosters. The U.S. orbiter is lifted by two recoverable solid rocket boosters and its own three main engines, a system designed exclusively for shuttle missions. Buran piggybacks on the l97-ft.-high Energia, the world's largest operational booster rocket -- a multipurpose powerhouse designed to lift shuttles or unmanned spacecraft weighing up to 100 tons. "Energia could be said to be a much smarter system than what we've got, since it could take anything up," says Seth Arenstein, editor of Soviet Aerospace magazine...
...Initially, nobody knew how to help," McCafferty said. "One of the main focuses of the group has been doing things: creating a volunteer clearinghouse for homeless charities, auditing books for other charities, organizing community awareness events...
Harvard's main ground threat, Tony Hinz, a first-team All-Ivy selection last year, finished the season in fine fashion. Injured in Week 7, he returned two weeks later, and rushed for 95 yards againt Penn and 137 yards against Yale. True, his performance Saturday did not have the same dramatic impact of his 161-yd. rushing day in last year's Game. But he'll always be remembered as an Eli elixir...
...loosed a Maverick in the general direction of Benghazi, unfortunately destroying a nearby village in the process. But as I drifted toward Libya in my parachute, I knew my next move. All I had to do was tap a few keys, go back to the program's main menu and choose another mission. This time I think I'll intercept that Soviet Tu-95D Bear reconnaissance plane heading for East Germany and blast...