Word: shakedowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mydland's work provides some interesting counterpoint to the more traditional Dead songs contributed by Garcia and Weir, though some of his offerings (e.g. "Just a Little Light") come across as over-synthesized, excessively popularized tracks that sound like out-takes from the Go to Heaven or Shakedown Street sessions...
...astronauts had said all along they weretreating the mission as a test mission--a"shakedown flight," in the words of Covey--andthey quickly ran into first-flight problems. Awater evaporator that provides cooling to the shipduring the climb to space and return to Earth waspartly clogged with ice. And a device thatprovides electrial power to move an orbitalsteering engine was not working...
JOHN HIATT: BRING THE FAMILY (A&M). A musical shakedown artist: tunes like Lipstick Sunset can lay bare any emotion by the end of the first verse...
...League Crash: A pair of upsets over the weekend started an Ivy league shakedown, with the Crimson left in sole possession of the top spot...
...acre Seoul Sports Complex (completed in 1986) includes a boxing arena, swimming hall and 50,000-seat baseball stadium. Some two miles away to the east, the 750-acre Olympic Park will be the site for gymnastics, fencing and cycling. Many of the facilities have already received a shakedown, having been used for last September's tenth Asian Games. Participants in that extravaganza were lavish in their praise...