Word: projects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wallach's behest, Meese intervened on behalf of the Wedtech Corp. in 1981, resulting ultimately in the defense contractor being awarded a $32 million contract. Meese also assisted Wallach in connection with a $1 billion Iraqi oil pipeline project, setting up a meeting between the San Francisco lawyer and then-National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane...
...water from the harbor, of course. But we want the beach party to be symbolic of that day in the future when the people of the inner city water areas can use the local water. This all goes along with the Harbor Clean-Up project. We want the water to be enjoyed as clean...
While the U.S. lacks a strong commitment to sending humans to Mars, the Administration's space policy, announced by President Reagan in February, does envision eventual "human exploration of the solar system." Toward that end, NASA has launched Project Pathfinder, a program to develop 18 new space technologies. They include compact nuclear reactors for powering lunar or Martian bases, in-space construction and assembly of spacecraft, and orbiting fuel depots for moon and Mars ships. "You can talk about going to Mars," says Pathfinder Leader Robert Rosen, "but you can't do it without these technologies." Congress appropriated $40 million...
...Aspirants have been asked to turn over everything but dental records to a claque of half a dozen aides who pore over the documents in isolation two floors above campaign headquarters in a red brick building on the fringe of Boston's Combat Zone. They are called the Manhattan Project...
According to portions of the McKay report that were leaked to the New York Times last week, the Iraqi pipeline project was considered virtually moribund until Meese, at Wallach's insistence, made a telephone call to then National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane. Says the report: "It was highly unusual for a Cabinet officer to request Mr. McFarlane to meet with the Cabinet officer's friend about a matter of commercial interest to the friend...