Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with electric fans. Then a heavy snow came unexpectedly early: a hot-air melting system was not yet in full operation. The fabric big top sagged under the weight of the slush, then tore, and finally drooped to within 60 ft. of the field. It took four days to repair...
...meeting December 10 will kick off the next tenant drive--to force Harvard to bear some of the costs for deferred maintenance it is only now performing. In the last year Harvard Real Estate has asked for many rent increases from the city's rent control board based on repair and improvement work it has performed...
...spacecraft itself might be rocked by the same kind of explosion that nearly turned the Apollo 13 moon flight into a disaster. Mission controllers in Houston, who took technical command of Columbia 1 sec. off the pad, managed to ease the crisis by more of the improvised remote-control repair work that has saved the day in past emergencies. But one of Columbia's three battery-like fuel cells was ruined and the craft's electrical capability was reduced by a third. After some soul searching NASA's bosses prudently called the mission to an early halt...
...dying, he also dreads living mentally and physically diminished. He can't remember things-the faces in an old photograph near the phone or, for that matter, why he picked up the phone in the first place. He can no longer do simple chores-can't repair the screen door, can't start a fire in the fireplace without imperiling the house. One day Ethel, seeking to get him stirring, sends him out to pick berries. He becomes confused, can't recall the turns in the road and stumbles home in shame...
...officials and workers with private relief agencies to keep the atrocities unpublicized. Nor have the Thais taken much action to stop the assaults at sea. One promising venture was an antipiracy unit, supported by a $2 million U.S. grant, that included two spotter planes and funds to repair an aging coast guard cutter. After some success against the pirates, Bangkok asked the U.S. for another $1.3 million in June. The Reagan Administration countered with an offer of $600,000. Thai officials said the funds were insufficient and the program died. This week Bangkok will study a proposal by UNHCR...