Word: probe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congress provides the needed funding, the probe will be carried into earth orbit by the space shuttle in the summer of 1985. Boosted by a conventional rocket, it will fly off toward the comet, gradually accelerated by its cluster of six or eight small ion engines, during the four-month journey. On command from earth, it will drop a small instrument-packed probe provided by the European Space Agency directly into the comet's head, which scientists believe is made up of icy debris and a smattering of organic molecules. Because comets have probably changed little since they were...
...conspiracy charge. In 1954 he helped convict Frank Costello, then the so-called prime minister of the underworld, of income tax evasion. Christy promised to conduct his investigation "as expeditiously as possible." As before, the President was standing by his aide, who has denied the allega- tions. During the probe, Jordan will stay on as Carter's Chief of Staff...
...probe of the state's supreme court ends with no charges
...attacked the ills that took root in Kenya's government during Kenyatta's later years. As part of his "footstep" program to root out corruption, he publicly denounced five M.P.s for illegal practices, launched an investigation of contracts awarded by the Ministry of Works, and started a probe of the Lands Ministry...
...five judges appointed by the supreme court, two lawyers named by the governors of the state bar, and two lay people chosen by the Governor. In existence since 1961 to hear complaints and bring charges against wayward judges, it now found itself faced with the ultimate test, a probe of the supreme court. Under instructions from California's judicial council, the commission was required to conduct a public hearing, and it launched one last June, under the glare of television lights, after a five-month closed inquiry during which it examined documents and took depositions. For the next four...