Word: patch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson's Paul Kent was the first casualty, adding a patch of thorns to his already treacherous itinerary. But despite some scraped legs as a result of his wrong turn Ken emerged with a first-place finish...
...trend and trivia buffs - ever. Tonka Toys reports well over $100 million worth of orders for its Cy-Kill and 29 other GoBots since they were introduced last January. If Tonka can fill those orders, GoBots will easily overtake last year's $60 million worth of Cabbage Patch Kids. And Hasbro's rival 29 Transformer figures are expected to do as well as if not better than the GoBots. With a handful of other companies also producing versions, the new little robots will have the most lucrative first year of any nonelectronic toy in U.S. history...
Dispirited Labor strategists once again tried to patch together a narrow coalition excluding Likud, but Peres was swamped by fresh demands from the smaller parties. Only after much politicking did Labor and Likud leaders finally reach a compromise: neither SHAS nor the N.R.P. would receive the religion post, at least for now. Instead, Peres will hold the position for the next few weeks while a solution is worked out. How did the bleary-eyed Peres feel about forming a government only three days before the deadline? "I have had no time to dream dreams," he said...
...delaying the mission. Then, on Aug. 28, the day before the third scheduled launch, a NASA engineer discovered that the computer charged with the last-minute double-checking of equipment might miss some critical signals. Blast-off was deferred for 24 hrs., as computer programmers scrambled to write a "patch" over the errant software instructions. Even on the successful launch date, Aug. 30, Discovery's crew marked time for 7 min. while three wandering private planes were chased away from the Cape Canaveral area. Said Shuttle Operations Director Thomas Utsman: "I had a feeling that a black cloud...
Peres was expected to ask President Chaim Herzog last Sunday for a three-week extension of Labor's mandate to build a government. Peres is likely to spend this week trying to patch together a narrow coalition with the religious parties. His Likud rivals are confident that the effort will fail, forcing Peres to bargain more seriously with Shamir over getting together, finally, in a national unity government. That may be rough going, since several of Peres' Labor colleagues oppose an alliance with Likud. As last week's exchanges between Labor and Likud proved, a government...