Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...days, the NTSB put all of the blame on a broken bolt that searchers found beside the runway. It was one of five that held the pylon to the wing, and officials thought it had snapped because of "metal fatigue"-the progressive weakening that results from repeated stress. One investigator even christened it "the murdering bolt." But electron microscope studies showed the bolt had been broken by a sudden, violent strain. Meanwhile, a crack had been found in the plate that formed the aft bulkhead...
...million study on capital formation, and his presence is felt in the budgeting process and in determining the character of the bureau funds. "I think there has been more emphasis on economic theory rather than statistics (since Feldstein became president)," Rees comments. "He has areas he wants to stress and he invites people to join the bureau who are doing research in those areas." The New York Times, on May 20, 1979, suggested Feldstein is using the NBER as "his own private vehicle." But people inside the bureau don't see it that way, though they say they clearly feel...
...RADCLIFFE celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding this year, officials at the college stress that Radcliffe is a healthy and viable institution with a long future ahead of it. But in order to justify its continued existence--independent from Harvard--Radcliffe must, in the future, take a more active role as an effective advocate for undergraduate women...
...speech will also stress that the government needs to unite "compassion and values with efficient techniques," Eskew added. She will say government leaders should be both "informed populists and enlightened professionals," he said...
Many physicians argue that the only way the U.S. is going to bring its medical costs under control is by emphasizing preventive medicine instead of crisis care. They stress exercise, weight control, cutting out drinking and smoking. Says Dr. Hoyt D. Gardner, president-elect of the A.M.A.: "America medically suffers more from affluence?and consequent self-indulgence?than from poverty." But not many doctors are genuinely optimistic that much will be done...