Word: tags
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...close to the ground during bad weather or at night. Then, while helping U.S. aces dodge hills and other obstacles, LANTIRN would spot enemy targets and automatically program air-to-ground missiles on an instantaneous search-and-destroy mission. To be sure, the LANTIRN program's price tag was $1 billion, but if it did what its designer, the Martin Marietta Corp. in Bethesda, Md., said it could do, it might have been worth the big bucks. Such a gadget would, for instance, have brought a speedy end to World War II's Battle of the Bulge, when...
...dike could then be built around the city, with a runoff canal leading directly to the sea. Finally, the plan calls for Bangkok's sagging water table to be refilled, a move that should stop the sinking process. City planners are pessimistic, however, because the final price tag could run to several times Bangkok's annual budget of $207 million...
Sliding into third base one game last week, Andy Van Slyke of the Cardinals could not see that Jim Morrison of the Pirates had missed the throw from the plate and was only pretending to tag him. Exasperated, Cards Third Base Coach Chuck Hiller tugged Van Slyke to his feet and sent him sprinting down the base line. But the rookie outfielder was waved out before he reached the plate. The reason for the rare judgment call? According to Rule 7.09 (i), a coach cannot "assist" a runner. Given the circumstances, the regulation seemed unnecessarily strict. In this season...
Boatbuilders, though, have now discovered a way for less wealthy skippers to act out their 12-meter fantasies. Several companies in the U.S. and Europe have sold hundreds of scaled-down versions of the yachts. The boats accommodate just one sailor and carry a price tag...
...before this story fades into the history books, a couple of morals--or at least questions--need to be raised. One, of course, regards costs. All officials concede that the price tag is inordinately high for the relatively small amount of square footage involved. Some have tried to put the onus on the Historical Commission for imposing byzantine regulations. "They certainly call the shots. Harvard really had little flexibility." George Oomen, project manager, says. And perhaps some of the blame does lie there...