Word: monitoring
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...word that our military observation sites in northeastern Iran were under siege and that we could no longer operate our equipment, which was designed to monitor Soviet test missile launchings across the border. The most disturbing incidents were the capture of American personnel. First, there was the short-lived seizure of our embassy in February 1979. Then 20 Air Force employees were taken by Iranians at one of our intelligence monitoring sites and released after several frightening days. The street mobs sometimes whipped up anti-American feelings to a fever pitch. As quietly as possible, we continued to urge...
...lurk in orbit" for long periods of time until detonated from the ground. Jastrow most fears the Soviets may someday have enough such killer satellites to abruptly declare the space above the USSR off-limits to American reconnaissance satellites. This, he says, would cripple our present ability to monitor the Soviet arms build...
Though Archbishop Quinn remained silent, the first reaction from the archdiocese emphasized the task force's good intentions rather than accusing it of doctrinal errors or sins of naiveté. Said an editorial in the archdiocesan newspaper The Monitor: "We do not agree with many of the report's findings and recommendations. On the other hand, we respect the report for what it is-a working document, voicing the real feelings of real people who have had the courage to speak out." Last week the archdiocese's senate of priests resolved to seek a plan for ministering...
...became angry, and almost shouted, "What do you actually want for Israel if peace is signed? How many refugees and what kind can come back? I need to know whether you need to monitor the border, what military outposts are necessary to guard your security. What else do you want? If I know the facts, then I can take them to Sadat and try to satisfy both you and him. I believe I can get from Sadat what you really need, but I just do not have your confidence...
Another former manager, Randall S. Yanker '83, points to the unusual twofold burden borne by the triad, who must both monitor a business and educate the managing operators. Calling it a "luxury" to work with already trained managers. Yanker notes that without that luxury, students must often simply accept what "upper management" wants...