Word: presentational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recall the discussions in the way that might put the best light on his performance and ease his conscience. George Hardy, a high engineering official at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., where the boosters were developed, last week accused Allan McDonald, the top Thiokol engineer present at Cape Canaveral for the launch, of having drawn on a "convenience of memory" in testifying about his preflight safety objections. Rogers protested that the comment implied McDonald might be lying and asked Hardy to withdraw...
...however, some particles of ink from the map were found to be titanium-based. This meant, experts said, that the ink was of 20th century vintage and the map a fraud. But the Davis team, using their cyclotron technique, proved the ink was carbon based, with titanium present only in trace amounts. Says Cahill: "We feel that the question of the map's authenticity is once again open...
Reagan Administration policy during the final hours of the Marcos reign was set during a meeting last Sunday morning in the Bethesda, Md., home of Secretary of State George Shultz, at which the President's special envoy, Philip Habib, who had returned from Manila only hours before, presented a report on his trip. In attendance were Caspar Weinberger, the Secretary of Defense; Admiral William Crowe Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Robert Gates, deputy director for intelligence of the Central Intelligence Agency; and John Poindexter, the National Security Adviser. Also present were three officials who had been preoccupied...
Once endorsed by the National Assembly, Aquino is likely to call a constitutional convention to rewrite the present document, eliminating some of its more authoritarian provisions. The plan is broadly supported by her advisers, even Enrile. "We should revise the constitution and remove its imperfections," he told TIME. "It was tailored to serve a regime." One of the first provisions to go will be Amendment 6, which granted Marcos broad decree-making powers. Aquino pledged during the campaign to repeal the amendment or, alternatively, to use it one last time to wipe out all of Marcos' repressive measures...
...that, however. In a speech last month before the joint Philippine and foreign Chambers of Commerce, Aquino promised that she would consult other nations in the region and "especially" the Filipino people before signing any new treaty. Since then, she has repeatedly maintained that she would honor the present agreement until it expires in 1991, and between now and then keep her options open. As the campaign progressed, Aquino scored points in Washington, first for showing savvy and resilience on the stump, then, after the National Assembly declared Marcos the election winner, for keeping her + followers under control. "It became...