Word: tripping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sheehan attributed the lopsided results to "injuries, sickness, and a few sub-par performances," while Co-Captain Doug Boyd cited Harvard's early-morning road trip...
...steep decline in world oil prices is good news for U.S. consumers, who can celebrate by turning up their thermostat a touch or taking a trip in their Winnebago. Falling energy costs are also invigorating the stock market, where the Dow Jones industrial average rose 41.06 points last week to close at a record 1570.99. But for the once flush U.S. petroleum industry, no gushers of champagne have flowed since 1981, when the value of oil peaked. And last month's 25% drop in crude prices is bringing even more failures and layoffs to the Energy Belt. Last week...
After training for three months, the teacher and her more experienced crewmates were ready for their multiple mission. McAuliffe's task was to ! conduct two 15-minute classes in space as millions of schoolchildren watched via closed-circuit TV. In one, called "The ultimate field trip," she would conduct a tour of the spacecraft, explaining the duties of each crew member and the facilities on board. The second, titled "Where we've been, where we're going, why?," would stress the scientific, commercial and industrial benefits that have been derived from space travel...
...Atlanta, Tuesday afternoon was sunny, but motorists switched on their car headlights as a tribute. In Los Angeles, the Olympic torch atop the Memorial Coliseum was lighted anew in honor of the space victims. Governor James Thompson of Illinois, before leaving on a trip to Japan, had asked citizens of his state to turn on their porch lights at night during Challenger's mission to express support for the teacher-in-space project. After the tragedy, he telephoned a request that they keep them on Wednesday night as memorials to the fallen heroes. Many other communities paid comparable tributes...
...best seller for 46 weeks. Last week at the American Music Awards, Houston won for best rhythm-and-blues single (You Give Good Love) and best R.-and-B. video (Saving All My Love for You). Next month she is up for three Grammys. Not that the quick trip from the church choir in Newark to the top of the charts has fazed the cool beauty. "There's no difference singing gospel, R. and B. or rock," says Houston. "It's all from the heart." Meanwhile, she is working on a new album, has a layout set for Vogue this...