Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...complex world of aviation technology, equipment can and does fail. Still, insists FAA Chief Donald Engen, "any accident, when you dig in, always comes back to human beings. Accidents just don't happen -- they are caused." Airlines need a skilled force of mechanics and technicians to maintain their incredibly complex aircraft. A Boeing 747, for example, contains 4.5 million removable parts, 135 miles of electrical wires and more than a mile of hydraulic tubing. The major airlines are spending as much as or more than before on maintenance of their fleets. But to deal with any carrier that lacks...
...thought to have tried to reduce Iran's financial support of fanatical terrorism abroad. Some U.S. officials believe that he has argued for an end to the human-wave assaults against Iraq in order to ease public resentment over the war's harrowing cost in lives. Others, however, maintain that Rafsanjani has at times championed the suicidal mass attacks and has a reputation for tailoring his political and military views to meet the situation at hand...
...street sea gulls lazily flap their wings. Most of Howard Beach's inhabitants are Italians, and its older section feels more like a slightly run-down seaside resort than a corner of the nation's largest city. To ensure safety and enforce quiet, householders pay $220 a year to maintain a private security force...
Other than not testifying, North went about trying to maintain a normal life and huddling with his lawyer Brendan Sullivan. North maintained his good- humored equanimity, and when a photographer corralled him with his wife Betsy and one of his daughters while they looked at Christmas trees, North was obliging. "Is there no escape from you guys?" he asked with a weary smile as he posed. He left without buying a tree...
...playground, where the move counts as much as the basket, "winners' out" is the rule. Score the hoop, keep the ball. Win the game, maintain the court. Hold out until dark if you can, or at least until twilight...