Word: neil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...This computer, which determined the engines to be fired, and when, and for how long, took part of its own information from another computer on the ground. As the Apollo neared the moon, a computer triggered the firing of a descent rocket, slowed the lunar module, and then signaled Neil Armstrong that he had five seconds to decide whether or not to go ahead with the landing. At 7,200 ft., a computer commanded the jets to tilt the craft almost upright so that Armstrong and Aldrin could take a close look at what the world had been seeking...
...Majority Leader Howard Baker. To flesh out the picture, our Washington Bureau filed thousands of words to New York, where National Editor John Elson oversaw the project. Senior Writer Ed Magnuson handled the main story on Congress, and Associate Editor Walter Isaacson the portrait of Baker. Senior Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil, who has been covering the House and Senate for 33 years, and Correspondent Evan Thomas, who began his assignment on the Hill just last October after two years covering the Supreme Court and the Justice Department, teamed up to do the congressional reporting...
...action. The nation cannot afford a prolonged political confrontation between the White House and Capitol Hill. If the President will not yield, Howard Baker and his congressional cohort really have no choice; they must try to provide the U.S. with some degree of economic leadership. Reported by Reported by Neil MacNeil and Evan Thomas/Washington
Reported by Neil MacNeil and Evan Thomas/Washington
...commercial airline. Air carriers traditionally have a heavy debt load because of the high cost of buying new airplanes. Declining passenger loads and fare wars have produced big deficits. Western Air Lines, which is based in Los Angeles, lost $103 million during the past two years. Chairman Neil Bergt has been desperately trying to reduce costs by laying off some workers and getting others to take a 10% pay cut. Says he: "We can't continue the losses we have had." Other airlines on the endangered list are Braniff, Pan American, World Airways, Republic and Continental. Braniff last month...