Word: perform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that he and other engineers at the plant were worried about the seals. McDonald then got the latest prediction, about 22 degrees , and, finding this "very serious," called Robert Lund, the vice president for engineering at Thiokol, to urge a full-scale analysis to determine if the seals could perform safely at that temperature. It should be "an engineering decision," McDonald told Lund, "not a programmanagement decision...
...Olympic distance runner Steve Prefontaine was killed in a drunk driving accident. Atlanta Hawks guard Terry Furlow died in 1980 after a drug problem. The 1983 Pan Am Games were marred by the departure of several U.S. team members who left after Games officials announced they would perform drug tests on athletes...
...lobbyist can perform no greater favor for a lawmaker than to help get him elected. It is the ultimate political IOU, and it can be cashed in again and again. No other firm holds more of this precious currency than the Washington shop known as Black, Manafort...
Gorbachev maintains that this can be accomplished with better use of available resources. He insists that by putting the right people in positions of authority, the economy will perform better. He announced last June that the Politburo had rejected the Five-Year Plan for 1986-1990 because it encouraged waste. The longtime director of the State Planning Committee, which had drawn up the economic blueprint, was sacked...
...absolute control. Nevertheless, the dean's works are more relevant to the faculty than students. When we accept admission to Harvard, students agree to abide by the rules. If we cannot operate in accordance with the college's rules, we are asked to leave. Likewise, those professors who cannot perform their duties within the time-frame established by the rules and traditions of the college should be told to seek employment elsewhere. It is time for the Harvard faculty, the "untouchables", to respond. As a matter of fact, it is their obligation to do so. The students should...