Word: peterson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most of the attention last week. While the supernova shines in southern hemisphere skies, most of the world's astronomers are in the northern half of the world, and they are scrambling to find ways of viewing 1987A directly rather than vicariously through the reports of others. Says Laurence Peterson, of NASA's astrophysics division, host of the brainstorming meeting at Goddard: "Hundreds of scientists are working on ideas." One proposal: temporarily base NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory, which is aboard a customized Lockheed C-141 StarLifter, south of the equator. Flying at 40,000 ft., above most...
...other action, freshman David George, filling in for injured senior Jerry Greenberg, gave up a 10-2 decision and sophomore heavyweight Alex Konovalchik dropped a 6-3 decision to Columbia junior Jerry Peterson...
...Baltic nationalists, but the majority seemed to have been imprisoned under Article 70 of the criminal code on charges of "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda." Many had been jailed for expressing criticism that in the Gorbachev era has become standard fare in the press. Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Peter Peterson, who recently led a delegation of members of the New York City-based Council on Foreign Relations on a visit to Moscow, remarked last week that he had been struck by the degree to which glasnost has affected Soviet life. Said Peterson: "We met with refuseniks and with Sakharov...
...Reagan's last real hold over Congress was hisstanding with the public. Now that has beenthreatened, I can't see anything that will allowhim to resume control," said Government instructorMark A. Peterson...
...This crisis goes right to the core ofchallenging Reagan's linkage to the public. Lossof public opinion may have the added impact ofweakening President Reagan's relationship withCongress," Peterson explained...