Word: spares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Climate was definitely a problem. On the first beautiful, crisp fall day of freshman year, he got up for a 10 a.m. class with only a few minutes to spare, saw the sun, pulled on shorts, and left. By the beginning of Moral Reasoning lecture at 11, he was turning blue from the cold. "I was so pissed--so pissed. And I still get caught...
...needs be made of the fact that students have not been invited to joint the CRR since 1980, as The Crimson reported on May 10. Under its ordinary procedure, the administration would have asked the House committees to send delegates in the fall. By suspending the invitation, presumably to spare itself the embarrassment of continued rebuff, the administration has de facto imposed the boycott on itself. As a result, the issues surrounding the CRR are new even to seniors...
...Pentagon will probably stretch out production runs, which will end up being more expensive in the long term. In addition, research and development, which has blossomed under the Reagan spigot, may come under fire, perhaps even threatening the future of the Star Wars initiative. As in past years, training, spare parts and operations may suffer most because cuts in these areas are less visible than the abandonment of entire weapons systems. Says former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger: "We will see a decline in readiness." Pentagon officials hope that Congress will be flexible in imposing the freeze. "All we hope...
...Soviet Union's costs of supporting the island country. Because about 85% of Cuba's trade is with the Soviets and its East bloc allies, transportation costs are high. The U.S. embargo has also forced the Cubans to devote much of their light and heavy industry to manufacturing spare parts for their U.S.-built transportation systems and factories. Indeed, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Langhorne A. Motley, who announced his resignation last week, declares, "I think that anybody who looks at Cuban affairs can say that there has been a significant effect on Cuba as a result...
LOOKING for macho men drugs violence and cliched women? Honor the Code of Silence. But only if you must. If you don't have 102 minutes to spare, an episode of "Magnum P.I." Will suffice just pretend that Tom Selleck is Chuck Norris...