Word: transport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rare Merlin falcon, he went to Utah to pick it up. Peters, a Columbia, Mo., high school biology teacher and Cub Scout leader, is an internationally respected researcher whose specialty is birds of prey. But he did not obtain a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to transport the rare bird over state lines. As a result, he was snared in an undercover sting operation aimed at poachers who illegally supply falconers in the Middle East, where the ancient sport of hunting with trained raptors is still popular and a perfect live bird can sell for thousands...
...represented by the turbas (mobs). Early in the campaign, Cruz's car was stoned and his supporters were assaulted several times. Though Sandinista leaders publicly condemn the violence, the turbas are organized by middle-level party officials. In some cases, planners have even supplied municipal buses to transport crowds...
...without the bridge to insure the sate transport of artworks, the University will have to undertake an elaborate moving scheme next month, in which unmarked security vehicles will move some 30,000 artworks across Broadway, from the Fogg building to the Sackler...
Plans call for the bridge to be 150 feet long, 18 feet high, and 20 feet wide. The proposed bridge would provide more gallery space, a resting place for visitors, and an easy way to transport art objects, Harvard officials say. The blueprints for the bridge show that it would be a long gallery, top lit and lined with showcases. Halfway across, large round picture windows on both sides would provide an "orientation/restroom" area for visitors. The bridge's stucco-coated exterior would be colored red and buff, to echo the colors of the Sackler building...
Fitzgerald, who exposed cost overruns on the C-5A transport plane in 1969, had been warned he risked arrest if he revealed the names of the contractors in his report. The names were duly omitted, but leaked out later. Among the findings: at Rockwell International, actual labor costs on the B-l bomber were $15 an hour, but the final charge to the Government was nearly $200. Boeing's cruise missile markup was from $14 to nearly $114 an hour...