Word: trickyness
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The curtain for the 106½ -orbit flight went up with a glitch-free liftoff. For the first tune, Challenger hurtled directly into orbit instead of making the conventional three-part ascent. The lineal climb was designed to save the craft's maneuvering rocket fuel for the tricky rendezvous...
Until only a few years ago, American consumers tended to regard 35-mm cameras as tricky devices loaded with inscrutable dials and knobs. Now they are as much a part of the tourist's gear as a straw hat and Bermuda shorts. The company most responsible for the change...
The numbers, which are incredible, are also becoming indelible. How many Beatles were there? How many homers did Babe Ruth hit? How many Grammy Awards did Michael Jackson win on Feb. 28? How many copies of Thriller have been sold? Well, the Grammys are easy. Jackson won an unprecedented eight...
Getting donors to pay up after they've promised large sums of money can be a tricky, long-term proposition, say fundraisers at other Ivy League schools. Dartmouth finished up a five- year fund drive in 1982 with $24 million more than the $180 million it had sought--but even...
They probably haven't. But the fact that most cases of harassment go unreported does not mitigate the serious problem. Discrimination has always been a tricky thing to prove, and few instances illustrate this more clearly than a recent case involving two Black undergraduates.