Word: railroads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...commanding officer of Challenger was a late bloomer. Born in the rural Washington town of Cle Elum (an Indian name meaning swift water), the son of a railroad engineer, Francis R. ("Dick") Scobee began his flying career unglamorously, as an 18-year-old enlisted Air Force mechanic. By attending night school and enrolling in service education programs, he eventually won a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Arizona that helped him qualify to become an officer and a pilot...
...SURPRISING thing about Natty Gann is that despite its simplicity and predictability, the movie is neither dull nor unsatisfying. The movie moves fast, probably to retain the interest of young children. Jumping from a dog fight to a train ride with hobbos to an escape from railroad policemen, the film gives you little time to pop your bubblegum...
...Dershowitz says that the Law School curriculum is far from a railroad to private law firms: "We are, if anything, skewed away from that. We educate our students very well for a wide variety of options--human rights and civil liberties included...
...mantains his post as a lecturer at the School of Education, came to Harvard via a circuitous route that began in his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. After dropping out of school at age 15, he worked on a farm, fought in World War II, and labored at a railroad yard. He went on to study sociology at Boston University and Harvard...
...both the Democrats and Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee have been reluctant to join the tax-reform crusade. Under pressure from a horde of special-interest groups that oppose many provisions of the bill, the committee members felt that Reagan and Rostenkowski were trying to railroad them into hasty action. But Rostenkowski finally got things moving last week by agreeing not to curb deductions for state and local taxes. Reagan had wanted to eliminate the deductions completely, and Rostenkowski had favored strict limits on them. These proposals provoked vehement opposition from high-tax states, including California, with...