Word: rods
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What has made the L.S.G. a lightning rod for the right is not its effectiveness in executing strategy but its success in moderating Reagan's policies. "A number of people thought there was a great distance between formulating policy and implementing it," says a key member of Baker's group. "That is a preposterous notion." In fact, most of the major initiatives of any Administration have to be modified and compromised as they are translated into legislation. Admits Meese's top deputy, James Jenkins: "The L.S.G. can make the work of the Cabinet councils unrecognizable." This...
Researchers at Savannah River and Sandia also conduct extensive work for non-military purposes Sandia, for example, oversees a large solar energy program, and its nuclear programs have civilian, as well as defense applications, says Rod Geer, a spokesman for the labs. Du Pont uses nuclear materials at Savannah River for testing cancer therapy...
...Flaherty and others point out, the ACSR makes it impossible for the Corporation to ignore moral considerations in investment policy. This is especially crucial in times, such as now, of low student interest in investment issues. Propp says in addition that the advisory committee can serve as a "lighting rod" for student concerns. "The existence of the ACSR has prevented the Corporation from sweeping [moral issues] under the carpet" he says...
...broken leg. Gertsch, 38, felt what he thought was a cramp starting after seven miles. But he was determined to finish, and so he pounded on for 19 more miles before collapsing at the finish line. Doctors, who later set his right femur with a steel rod, theorized that his powerful thigh muscle had acted as a splint until he finally relaxed at race...
...Steve Carlton, Mickey Lolich. Vida Blue and J R Richard Waddell was the first to fan more than 300, doing it in 1903. 3. Gary Templetion in 1919. 4. a) Carl Mays 1920, b) Gill McDongald, c) Earl Averill. 5. California Angels: Reggie Jackdon, Fred Lynn, Don Baylor and Rod Carew, Kansas City Royals: Vida Blue, George Brett, Boston Red Sox: Carl Yazstremski, Jim Rice, Philadelphia Phillies: Pete Rose, Mike Sehmidt, Pittsburgh Pirates: Dave Parker, Willie Stargell, 6. Juan Marichal won 26 games in 1968, but Bob Gibson won the Cy Young. 7. Alex Johnson batted...