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...officials said yesterday they will try tomorrow to reopen 26 telecommunications equipment manufacturing plants in 18 states earlier targeted for shutdown if a strike occurred...
...April 18 Titan failure is also a booster rocket. But a burn-through caused by faulty insulation seems the likeliest explanation. As for the Delta failure, two unexplained surges of high current in the main engine's electrical circuits apparently lowered battery voltage, leading to the premature shutdown. This possibility had been detected in 1974. Some corrections were made then, but not to the circuit that failed...
January with the forced shutdown of Radio Catolica, the church station. The Sandinista emergency decree prevents anyone from holding unauthorized outdoor public gatherings, the setting that the Cardinal frequently chose for celebrating Mass in his travels through the countryside...
Last week's action fell short of a total shutdown. According to the Association of Chambers of Commerce of South Africa, between 70% and 100% of the black work force in major urban areas participated in the one-day strike. As many as 1 million students boycotted their classes. Unfortunately, the protest was marred by the deaths of at least seven blacks in widespread rioting...
...meeting confirmed how the women continue to receive only vague promises from the state. Murphy admitted that only now, at this late point, is his office "planning to submit" a budget proposal for $250,000-$300,000 in state-funded assistance--routine in cases of a large-scale shutdown...