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...improve the system's reliability. A 2004 test failed because an error in one line of computer code kept the interceptor grounded. The most recent failure, in February 2005, happened after two of the three arms that hold the interceptor in place in its silo didn't fully retract during launch because a part had corroded. The Missile Defense Agency penalized the Boeing Co., the system's developer, $107 million for the string of snafus. Pentagon audits also slammed Raytheon Corp., which builds the $40 million interceptor, for shoddy work. "The contractor cannot build a consistent and reliable product...
...that the [sex] ratio is one to one to one, or one to one to one too many.”The comment was condemned by the GSA and the Adams House Committee.The editor of the yearbook, Jared S. Corman ’81, apologized but refused to retract the statement in a letter submitted to The Crimson at the time. An apology was later issued with copies of the yearbook.Schatz, who was an Adams resident, says he responded to the yearbook’s mischief by organizing the first-ever Adams House Drag Night...
...deeply unpopular policy seems unlikely to help Villepin - whose personal approval rating has sunk to the mid-30s - with the voters. He may be looking for some room to maneuver. On Friday night, the Prime Minister met with university rectors, many of whom have urged him to retract the law. Villepin signaled little willingness to do so, but there were signs that the government may be ready to beef up job protection in other ways, possibly by increasing the tax burden on employers who purposely use short-term contracts for revolving-door workers, and stiffening the laws regulating...
THIS ONE HAS LEGS If you leave the Oliso iron ($99) face down and remove your hand, it springs up to rest about an inch off the board to prevent scorching, tipping and awkward wrist twisting. Touch the handle, and the legs retract...
...duty to discuss my own reading period affliction with the public. Hopefully, my candor will help others cope with similar issues, and will help me reveal the true culprits behind my shameful disorder. I have intellectual bulimia. There. I said it, and I won’t retract it. I sit in Lamont or in Widener or in Ticknor, trying hopelessly to study for my four massive finals. I see my peers with eyes fixed on the writings of Hume and Hegel, and feeling the inevitable pressure not to fall behind, I remain in the library in agony. Sadly...