Word: set
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...counseled Presidents as far back as Truman, were at first stunned, then fascinated by this attempt to lead by learning, to make new policy from a cram course in national attitudes. All of the guests seemed carried along by that small, warm figure who implored them to help him set the U.S. right again before the future fell in on the country...
...Allocations. Working from a 400-page set of regulations governing the amounts of gasoline to be distributed to various parts of the country, the department has attempted to foresee changes in demand and to match them with potential supply. It has failed. Even Energy Secretary James Schlesinger says his department's rules have "put the gasoline where the cars are not." Shifting of supplies has alleviated problems for some areas while worsening them for others. Two weeks ago, 21 states were experiencing gas lines. At week's end, the department again modified allocation rules to limit supplies...
...report issued last week notes, the mechanics had ignored the maintenance instructions set forth in manuals by the DC-10 manufacturer, McDonnell Douglas. The manuals call for removing and remounting the engine and pylon separately-and preferably with an overhead lift and sling that can support the weight of the two assemblies more precisely than a forklift. Yet the FAA agreed with American Airlines that the manufacturer was aware of the one-step operation, which cuts maintenance time in half, at American hangars...
...cigar. Galante was one of the Mafia's most powerful and feared bosses. Killed with him were a bodyguard, Leonardo Coppola, 40, and Turano, reputedly an adviser to Galante's crime family. The restaurant owner's son John, 17, was wounded. The execution had been carefully set up in advance. While the gunmen blazed away, Caesar Bonventra, 28, a Galante recruit who a Mafia insider said had set up his boss for the slaying, stood quietly by. Then he walked calmly out of the restaurant and disappeared...
...defendant was later convicted, but last week New York's highest state court set him free because his second trial constituted double jeopardy. Fraiman, who is considered a hard-working judge by his colleagues, still insists that his actions were justified. Said he: "If you check out my reputation for putting in long hours, you'll find I'm the first in chambers every morning and one of the last to leave every night...