Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Back in Utah, preparations for the pivotal teleconference were rushed. Lund ordered all data collected on any correlation between temperature and the amount of erosion experienced in the O rings on previous flights. Boisjoly worried in particular about Shuttle Mission 51-C in January 1985, in which the seal temperature had been 53 degrees (although the air had warmed to 66 degrees by the time of launch). When the spent boosters were recovered from that flight, what Boisjoly described as black soot "just like coal" was found behind a primary ring in one booster, indicating that gases had blown past...
...since settled for prestigious journalistic assignments. He is on the set of The Awakening at the invitation of a nervous producer, who is eager for a culturally affirmative notice from a New York magazine. Walker, on his way down to this troubled scene, knows in advance what benefits this particular reporter is likely to bestow: "Lowndes can't get it on to write and he hates to see people work. He'll nail them to a tree...
...period following the Aquino assassination, American policymakers had become increasingly concerned about the Philippines' rapid political and economic decline. One particular concern was the future status of the two large U.S. military installations in the Philippines, Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Base. The leases on those facilities will run out in 1991, but the U.S. hopes that they can be renegotiated. Following a 1984 policy review by the National Security Council, which concluded that Marcos would "try to remain in power indefinitely," the Administration began to work for economic, political and military reform in the Philippines. Shultz laid...
Since the competition can be fierce, film societies often tailor their approaches to correspond to a particular house's stereotype. Adams and Dunster Houses, for example, tend to show artsy and foreign films. "We don't show regular movies like The Graduate because we don't see the point of showing accessible movies," says Dunster film society President Mark Csikszentmihalyi...
Frequently the lab expands on its consulting function by bringing all the TFs into the lab for one course at the same time and conducting seminars on specifically advantageous ways of teaching that particular subject area...