Word: padded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...garments that protected them from the harsh vacuum of space. But some of today's astronauts are seriously worried about just how precarious s space suits can be. In a report as bluntly critical as any issued by NASA since its post-mortem on the disastrous 1967 launch-pad fire that killed three astronauts, the space agency has found alarmingly sloppy oversights on a key aspect of the shuttle program: the multimillion-dollar space suits that NASA hopes will let astronauts leave the shuttle's protective confines and work directly in orbit. Any failures in the suits, which...
...talked the hunches over,/ up and down and through and through./ We argued and we barg-ued!/ We decided what to do." The jingling verse of Hunches in Bunches (Random House; $5.95) could come only from the prescription pad of Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodor Geisel). At 78, Geisel retains his unique ability to wrap a concept in clothing. This time he portrays hunches, tempting the indecisive protagonist away from his homework. The good doctor is an eye-and-ear specialist; his infectious rhymes are meant to be read aloud...
Other, more grandiose job plans seem unlikely to get off the launching pad. Democratic leaders spoke of pushing a second public works program, costing $5 billion, but it will probably not get serious consideration this year. "It's all show," scoffs Michigan's Democratic Congressman William Brodhead. "The Senate will never pass it, and the President will never sign it." Still, Senate leadership aides do not rule out some extra funding of sewer and water-system projects...
EVER SINCE JULY, the United States Army has been trying to get the Pershing II missile into the air. In its first test, the missile blew up. In the next two tests, it didn't leave the launch pad. Last week, to the inestimable pleasure--and relief--of the Army officials watching Pershing's latest test, the thing actually flew. Unfortunately, grumbled an Army spokesman later, the missile "failed to achieve the desired accuracy"--it missed its target...
Defenseman Neil Sheehy broke in along the right boards and shot from the circle area RPI goaltender Scott Saari came up with the initial pad save, but when the puck deflected wide left. Sheehy swooped around the back of the net and poked the puck into the left side. The goal was also Sheehy's third, and gave Harvard a 2-1 lead...