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Methods for dealing publicly with presidential illnesses have changed substantially since then. Bulletins are issued, news conferences are held, and sometimes plans are made for a temporary transfer of power. In 1966, when Lyndon Johnson went to the Bethesda National Naval Hospital for repair of an abdominal hernia, he summoned reporters to his bedside three hours after he left surgery to let them know he was very much in control. Under an informal agreement with Johnson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey had been given permission to exercise the power of the Chief Executive if the President was unable...
...India brought the most advanced undersea technology to the search by chartering the Léon Thevenin, a French cable-laying ship, and a remote-controlled underwater drone operated by a British company. Known as Scarab 1 (for submersible craft assisting repair and burial), the diving machine was built by Ametek Inc. in 1976 to install and repair transoceanic telephone cables. The Scarab 1 is 11 ft. long, weighs approximately 2½ tons and is equipped with sophisticated sonar, as well as television cameras with zoom lenses and high-intensity lights that illuminate the ocean floor. A team of eight engineers from...
...actor's detachment and view themselves from a distance and then make adjustments for their weaknesses. From Kennedy's fatalism bubbled bursts of great humor, based on the realization that man was often absurd and there was only so much he could do during any working day to repair the damage. Ike often used his wisdom and warmth to fill the gap left by waning physical vigor...
...taken to another major dike in Nam Sach on the Kinh Thay River that was completely severed a few days before. Repair work is dangerous because of unexploded bombs. People in the province are preparing for the worst. I'm told everyone has a boat, that the top floors and roofs of homes have been reinforced and that research is being done on crops that grow underwater.A sulfur butterfly is resting on the lip of a bomb crater. Little things...
...quickly grabbed a 17-7 lead, punctuated by several kills and an ace by freshman middle hitter Jon Daley. Although the Crimson attempted to repair the damage, they never seemed to get back on track, losing the game...