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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...
Challenger's astronauts will attempt the first satellite repair...
...flight that should demonstrate anew the space shuttle's versatility, the orbiter Challenger will attempt to revivify Solar Max. If these celestial dramatics succeed, they will represent the space age's first retrieval and repair of an earth satellite. Challenger is scheduled to begin its historic fix-it flight from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Friday, April 6, at 8:59 a.m. E.S.T On this eleventh shuttle journey, Navy Captain Bob Crippen, 46, a veteran of two earlier missions, and his four-man, all-rookie crew will be breaking other new ground...
...grappling device on Solar Max. (Challenger's fifth astronaut is Dick Scobee, 44, a onetime airplane mechanic who will be Crippen's copilot.) With helpful nudges from Nelson and Van Hoften, Solar Max will be eased into a special cradle in the cargo bay for the repair. The astronauts' task in the bay will be to remove a defective attitude-control module, a 500-lb., orange-crate-size package that contains the whirling gyroscope-like wheels and other electronic gear for maintaining Solar Max's position in space. The entire job, from grappling the satellite...
...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...