Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early months of the investigation, a number of smoking guns were found in this equipment. But one by one they turned out to be innocuous. The first was a circuit board that had been replaced but not sprayed with a special plastic that "tagged" it as an authorized repair. American officials were afraid the KGB had installed this circuit board to reroute uncoded U.S. message traffic. But the device was tested by NSA experts, who found that it did nothing improper. Security officials later discovered that some State % Department technicians had never been told about the secret tagging program...
...investigations, the oversight subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week disclosed patterns of sloppy operation, arrogant indifference and willful deception in the management of the country's 17 major nuclear-weapons facilities. The result of years of mismanagement plus the estimated $130 billion needed to repair the situation: "a crisis of the highest order...
...police force of 70 officers is at half the authorized strength because of layoffs. Its newest patrol car is nearly five years old. Many cars no longer have functioning two-way radios for lack of repair funds, and some cops have had to buy their own. There is no money to hire recruits, and the average age of the force is up to a doddering 46 1/2 years. "We just don't have the money and the personnel to keep the peace," sighs Inspector Lawrence Brewer, a veteran of nearly 22 years in the department. "There are guys literally jumping...
...offenders are overwhelmingly male, but girls too are capable of vicious crimes. In Escondido, Calif., a 16-year-old girl and three teenage boys went on an arson spree last March. The group set four fires at three schools, causing damage that will cost more than $1 million to repair. A 16-year-old girl from Cape Cod, Mass., who had been drinking stabbed her male cousin, severely injuring...
...month after the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the drive to repair the damage has a long way to go. Fortunately, Mother Nature herself is lending a hand...