Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much to advance the causes they represent. The budget deficit, notes Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute (which did not issue a transition report), means that "on a variety of problems the ground which we can till for new ideas is a pretty narrow strip." Whatever solid nuggets there are in the reports are almost impossible to locate in the hustle and bustle of the transition. Experienced mid-to-upper-level job hunters in Washington have long since learned that their prospects improve once a new Administration has had a chance to settle in; perhaps idea purveyors should take...
...very clean ascent for Atlantis; there were no problems encountered on the way to orbit," said Brian Welch, commentator at Mission Control in Houston said. The two solid fuel booster rockets successfully burned out two minutes and eight seconds into liftoff. Failure of a booster rocket joint caused the Challenger's destruction...
...four songs are "Dairy Queen," a hard-driving, solid rock tune, "Death Dirge," a haunting song with vocals that resemble the power found in the voice of Jim Morrison, "Sleeping Sara," a multi-paced melody with a 1960s sound, and a well-harmonized cover version of George Gershwin's "Summertime" that also has a 1960s flavor...
...Wildcat frontline, Chris Perkins, Eric Thielen and Dave Marshall, dominated Harvard--scoring 40 points and swiping 24 rebounds. Only freshman Eric Carter could claim to have played a solid game up front for the Crimson, scoring 15 points and grabbing eight rebounds in only 14 minutes of playing time...
Delaney Smith also noted the outstanding outside shooting of sophomore Dina Hadrick: "Dina was as solid as a rock...