Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that Washington's schools are poor, or that its government is a failure, because most of its citizens are Negroes. For the most part, the city's Negroes cannot be made out to be the cause of its problems. The schools are poor because there is no money to repair them and to pay decent teachers' salaries. The city is poorly administered because its particular form of government insures that it will...
...years ago microwave ovens seemed just the thing for everyone's dream kitchen: roast beef cooked in 30 minutes, apple pie in 18, meat loaf in 13. But the ovens flopped: they were priced too high (well over $1,000), cost too much to repair, sometimes turned meat a bilious grey. Despite this, expensive microwave ovens are now back in force-this time not intended for everybody's kitchen. Vastly improved small models are cooking up a storm in the nation's restaurants...
...Surgeon Michael Ellis DeBakey, 55, of Houston, a bold pioneer in attacking mechanical defects of blood vessels. DeBakey's work ranges from the aorta to the arteries that supply the brain; he has learned to repair them with ingenious grafts or get around the trouble with shunts...
...workmen peered closer, the horror got worse. Most rooms, it turned out, had to have new ceilings. Ornate 18th century cornices needed tedious repair and cleaning-with 40 coats of paint removed from some. Behind the paneling a two-inch-wide crack was found spreading through the brickwork...
While Penn was polishing up its single wing offense, Dartmouth spent most of last Saturday trying to repair its supposedly splendid defense. Bucknell, a team of only limited abilities, managed to score 18 points against the startled Indians, almost enough to achieve a major upset. Dartmouth's offense showed the effects of no King, earning but 20 points against the Buff line. Today's game in Philadelphia should give some more information on the true state of football in Hanover. It is probably good enough to capture a one or two touchdown victory...