Word: stallings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lebanese army assigned to the border area. Israel is also asking for the right to enter Lebanon at any time to conduct searches and make arrests. The U.S. and Lebanon have rejected both ideas as a mockery of Lebanese sovereignty. Some U.S. officials believe that Israel will stall on the Lebanon negotiations as long as there is a chance Hussein will join any peace talks. If Hussein refuses, they would then be able to blame the failure of the Reagan initiative on Jordan...
North Carolina State had taken time out with 44-seconds remaining and went into a stall in an effort to get the last shot in regulation...
Most of the stall members interviewed afterward said they found the lecture worth while...
...revolutionary new satellite called TDRS (for tracking and data-relay satellite). It will open up communications with spacecraft beyond the range of ground stations. Additional delays would play havoc with NASA's timetable, postponing the placing in orbit of as many as 30 other satellites. Rescheduling would also stall the launch of Spacelab, Western Europe's contribution to the shuttle program, now listed for a September flight on Challenger. Says one irreverent NASA official: "Abrahamson is praying, 'Engines, heal thyself...
...budget dilemma cannot be ignored for long. TIME's economists agreed that unless action is taken to reduce the deficit, the recovery will sputter and stall. Without a doubt, forcing the Government to live within its means will be one of the greatest economic challenges of the decade. -By Charles P. Alexander