Word: spins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tedious as his art is exquisite, it turns out, and this time-consuming aspect of his craft has opened a deep rift between the decoy man and his colleague the waterfowl painter. The man in the decoy dodge calls the man who employs canvas a "flat artist," putting a spin of denigration on the term. Flat art frequently commands a much higher price than the decorative decoy, which often takes much longer to produce. Therein lies the rub. The painter responds that if his work is any good, it is just as exacting-only his tools are different...
...commercial possibilities; these fit neatly with his campaign theme of establishing "New Frontiers" of technological progress and economic opportunity. Reagan and others cite studies purporting to show that the technological and economic benefits of the space program outweigh the costs by 14 to 1. They note such practical spin-offs as hand-held computers, digital watches, long-lasting flashlight batteries and Teflon-coated frying pans...
...limited to the stinger. Hauck suggested that the shuttle close to within 35 ft. of the satellites, instead of the 200-ft. distance maintained with Solar Max. The reason: to save the backpack's propulsion fuel. Meanwhile, ground controllers made plans to slow the satellites' spin from 22 to two rotations a minute. They prepared to send signals, putting the two satellites in the same orbital plane, 690 miles apart...
Washington is jittery right now with countless conspiracies for favor and power. One of the President's longtime advisers, Lyn Nofziger, recalled last week that the world has come closer to Reagan than he has gone to it. The needle on the national compass may spin, but Reagan is as fixed and steady as true north...
...presumably, less aggressive "All of a sudden." Restic says of the razzle-dazzle, make their heads spin system that's brought this year's Crimson to $ 3 million overall, 54 IVY. "it's Crimson negated all that strength that...