Word: rebuilding
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...rebuild the battered agency, the Administration brought back a former NASA administrator: James Fletcher, 66, leader of NASA from 1971 to 1977 and a physicist who headed a commission that urged Ronald Reagan to develop a Star Wars defense against missiles. The mild-mannered Fletcher comes to the post with one handicap: he has accused the Rogers commission of being engaged in a "witch-hunt...
...said there had been past layoffs in public health research areas, such as nutrition and epidemiology. "There have been some layoffs in the past as a result of research money being cut back," she said. "But usually the departments just let people go temporarily, and then they try to rebuild...
Appealing for international aid to help rebuild his ravaged country, Museveni pledged at the outset to maintain Uganda's policy of nonalignment with the super powers and to improve the country's economic development by encouraging a mix of state and private enterprises. The new President also promised a return to parliamentary democracy and a rejection of tribal partisanship. He emphasized that his main goal was to restore respect for human rights, which have been openly abused in Uganda during the past 20 years. Museveni warned that those responsible for past atrocities would be punished...
...Punjab city of Amritsar, an uneasy truce was holding at week's end between militant and moderate Sikh groups that had earlier exchanged gunfire at their most sacred shrine, the Golden Temple. The groups were fighting for the right to rebuild a revered part of the temple complex called the Akal Takht, which was severely damaged in a June 1984 siege by the Indian army. That military action, in which at least 600 Sikhs died, inflamed unrest and ultimately led to Indira Gandhi's assassination...
Harvard did have the money, however, to complete $4 million renovations to the Indoor Athletic Building, soon to be renamed the Malkin Athletic Center for the man who gave millions of dollars to rebuild the aging sports complex. All facilities in the new center--including a renovated pool, an all new glass-encased aerobics and exercise area, and renovated weight and fitness areas--are in operation. A dedication ceremony is slated for later this month...