Word: parkers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard heavyweight coach Harry Parker will be racing in the senior masters single scull division...
...Parker is seeded 39th in the competition--right behind Yale Coach Tony Johnson...
Then the flight grew livelier. Things went wrong by the alphabet. The RCS (reaction control system) locked in the firing position. The GPC (general purpose computer) went down. Fire broke out in the APB (aft payload bay). Mission Commander Larry Cerier of Chicago and Pilot Bill Parker of Friendswood, Texas, worked out the problems coolly. The right stuff. They even got a little cocky. They began to try out banter over the radio in the style of deadpan macho that astronauts affect. When the fire started, Parker took emergency steps (activating switches to spray the area with a chemical fire...
...justify further cuts in subsidies for the poor. The military, hospitals, nursing homes and prisons rely on the RDA tables in preparing menus. They are also the basis for the labeling of packaged foods. In addition, food stamps and school lunch programs are tied to the RDAs. Says Lynn Parker, senior nutritionist at the Food Research and Action Center in Washington: "The recommendations could have potentially devastating effects on federal food assistance programs." But the academy panel carefully dissociates itself from all such possible eventualities. "This is a scientific document," explains Pennsylvania State Nutritionist Helen Guthrie, a member...
...Philadelphia Phillies caterer guilty on eleven charges of selling cocaine to major-league baseball players between 1980 and 1983. Numerous players had been associated with drugs during the twelve-day trial. Star athletes who were once heavy users, including the Kansas City Royals' Lonnie Smith, the Cincinnati Reds' Dave Parker and the New York Mets' Keith Hernandez, were granted immunity to testify against Strong. The convicted dealer faces a maximum sentence of 165 years in prison and $275,000 in fines...