Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sharing living quarters. A creation of Washington officialese to describe the inhabitants of miscellaneous households. Primary relationship. He strays from the commitment once in a while. Or she has too, but only that weekend with an old friend. Relationship. The object of the commitment. To be kept in repair, it is "worked at." There are many degrees of intensification and levels of progression, e.g., real relationship, ongoing relationship. The 1970s term "meaningful relationship" is out. Sensitive. Term of praise when applied to men. Stereotypical, and thus insensitive, when applied to women. Serious. Term of praise. A serious person makes...
...Reagan said goodbye with her firm handshake. She explained, with pointed good humor, that she was about to go riding?"so that you two can talk alone." I guessed that my request for a private meeting with her husband had caused a misunderstanding, but there was no chance to repair the affront. Mrs. Reagan mounted her horse and cantered away...
Each side, curiously, feels that the odds favor its opponent. Iran is apparently convinced that Iraq now has the edge in military equipment. Both the Soviet Union and France are keeping Baghdad well supplied, while the Khomeini government cannot replace or repair the U.S. equipment it inherited from the Shah. Many of Iran's naval vessels have either been lost or are out of service because of a shortage of spare parts. According to Washington analysts, Iran now has only 25 working F-4 fighter-bombers out of a prewar total of 190; just 30 operable F-5 fighters...
...scarcely interested in attending to such problems. For the fiscal year ending in March 1983, the Islamic Revolution Records, ostensibly a record-keeping body but believed to be a front for KGB-trained secret police, was budgeted to receive 60 times as much money as dam construction and harbor repair combined. This year at least one-third of Iran's oil revenues (which account for 95% of its national income) will be used...
WXPN's governing board approved the expenditure, saying the new studio would give the station a modern facility. Governing Board Chairman James Davis cited money saved on future repair equipment as justification for the gram. "Hopefully, these savings amount to the amount spent," he said...