Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Super-powerful laser beams have been used for more than a decade by eye surgeons to repair detached retinas. More recently, lasers have also been used to destroy certain skin cancers. But the Boston group is the first to use a laser for vocal-cord surgery. Dr. Geza J. Jako of B.U.'s otolaryngology department began using the device-developed in cooperation with American Optical Co. Research Laboratories-on dogs in 1967; Dr. M. Stuart Strong, head of the department, pioneered its use on humans two years...
...other. "We were sitting there looking like an Indian tribe, with blankets around us," explained Mr. Buchanan, "and I said, Tm going home.' " Others were ready for more. "We were paid $1.65 an hour, and I'll probably have to pay a surgeon God knows what to repair my legs," said Mrs. Robert ("Oatsie") Charles, who stood on the party set from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. "But I'd do it again if I could stand...
...relief of up to $150 per child (tuition generally ranges from $200 to $750). New York also authorized $28 million a year to its 2,000 non-public schools for the costs of state-required testing and record keeping, plus another $4 million to 280 schools for maintenance and repair of buildings...
...jobs traditionally held by women or blacks. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission set a precedent this year in this area when it settled a case of sex discrimination brought against AT&T. The EEOC not only insisted that the phone company set goals for giving women management and line repair jobs, but also for making men switchboard operators, a once-respectable, starting clerical job which became a low-paying dead-end position when taken over by women
After their difficult and dangerous attempts to dock with and repair the first U.S. space laboratory finally succeeded, the Skylab 1 astronauts last week settled down to work in their cavernous home in the sky. They made scientific observations of the earth and sun, performed biomedical tests on themselves, and even feasted on some of the foods that NASA had feared would spoil in Skylab's scorching temperatures. The outlook seemed bright. Asked whether they expected to remain aloft for a full 28-day mission, Commander Charles ("Pete") Conrad Jr. replied unhesitatingly: "You betcha...