Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bottom of the rocket's nozzle, near an attachment ring where the lower part of the booster was connected to the external liquid-fuel tank. This ring, in turn, was just above one of the three special joints coupling the rocket's stacked solid-fuel segments. Externally, 177 high-strength steel pins held these joints together. Internally the joints were sealed with two large rubber O rings...
...State of the Union report, however, Reagan displayed the buoyant optimism that is at the heart of his personal appeal, touting the magic of the free market and the strength of the American people for a revitalization of the nation's economy. "If ever there was an Uncle Sam, it's him," said White House Spokesman Larry Speakes as he watched a replay of the speech. Although he has embodied Uncle Sam for five years now, Reagan still does so by chastising the Government he heads. "A lumbering giant," he called it, "slamming shut the gates of opportunity." His national...
During the record-smashing Wall Street rally that started last fall, even the long-moribund technology stocks have come back to life. Since October, according to the California Technology Stock Letter, shares in its index of 30 high-tech companies have climbed about 22%. Cashing in on that market strength, Microsoft, the second-largest independent manufacturer of computer software (1985 revenues: $163 million), announced last week that it will make an initial public offering of 2.5 million shares in March. The Bellevue, Wash., company hopes to garner $16 to $19 for each share. Microsoft may serve as a bellwether...
Another Marcos source of strength was his hold on the country's news media. Presidential supporters own almost all of the 14 major daily newspapers and four of the five major television networks. The remaining TV outlet is owned outright by the government. Nearly all of the country's 270 radio stations owe allegiance to Marcos. Most presidential forays were covered in detail throughout the campaign, and many Marcos speeches were broadcast from start to finish...
...nearly 40 minutes he attacked his opponent's political inexperience and pleaded that it was the desire of the Philippine people, rather than his own wishes, that kept him in office. Then he warned that if his opponents took to the streets, "I will use the whole might and strength of the armed forces to protect the people and stop the opposition." Said he: "All we want is peace, not civil...