Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...work. A foreign trade official told me, "It's too dangerous not to show up." But there was not much work to be done. With the telephones dead, virtually all businesses had come to a standstill. Owners of small private concerns, like carpentry shops, watch-repair shops and greengrocers, were in a panic. When their cars ran out of gas, they would be unable to get supplies and would have to shut down...
Convinced that Gaddafi was not only a Soviet client but a man who sought to overthrow pro-Western regimes in Africa and the Middle East, the Reagan Administration stepped up the study of diplomatic and military options. Meanwhile, Gaddafi was quietly trying to repair his frayed relations with Washington. He sent Reagan a message of congratulations on his Inauguration; no reply was made. In May, the Administration ordered the closing of the Libyan "people's bureau" (as Gaddafi had renamed his embassy in Washington) and the expulsion of its remaining diplomats. Reason: "Libyan provocations and misconduct, including support for international...
Effective action to repair unsatisfactory situations is necessary; action stemming from frustration is not. I urge the United States to take no punitive action against the Soviet Union, but rather to expend its energies towards alleviating the crisis diplomatically...
...instruct the viewer in a variety of pursuits or, wired through a home computer, can let him seek specific help. On one prototype, for example, a viewer with a troublesome bicycle can pinpoint the malfunctioning part of a two-wheeler, and the disc will show him how to repair it. Unfortunately, RCA would have to redesign its existing machines to enable them to play these interactive discs. If interactives are indeed the salvation of disc machines, RCA's are incompatible with the future...
...selected because "it is the fashion of the neighborhood." Some house renovation, however, does result from neighborhood pressure. When people feel the neighborhood is threatened by nearby empty lots, burned buildings, abandoned cars, cratered streets and sidewalks, they become afraid of further neglect. Cajoling a negligent neighbor to repair or refurbish becomes a matter of self-defense. But much remodeling, good or bad, also is done be cause the family cannot afford to move or hates to move. Amid the anonymity of modern city life, the idea of neighborhood, particularly ethnic neighborhood, is gaining importance. People crave a sense...