Word: technician
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lack of national recognition handicapped him, as did his concession to committee members: "I'm a technician." Managed by longtime Reagan Operative Lyn Nofziger, Richards got only 48 out of the 81 votes required to win on the first two ballots-coming in second both times-but he could not build on his conservative base...
...feels, even members of this age group should be warned of bad health habits that could mean trouble later in their lives. That the computer can do. The only prior physical measurements it needs are height, weight, blood pressure and serum cholesterol, which can easily be taken by a technician rather than a doctor. Adds Jensen: "I believe people will make significant changes just based on awareness...
Learning Process. Dayton, a devout Mormon, studied radio and television at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, later wound up as a cab driver and part-time film technician in Los Angeles before deciding that the only way he could break into the business in a big way would be to become a film maker himself. He now drives a brown Cadillac Seville (license: GRATED) and is working on a deal to merge with a California book publisher. Why? Says he: "It looks to us like a synergistic merger. That's a word I just learned. It means...
...Senate, the Democratic battle for majority leader is of immense importance to the Carter program. The majority leader usually sets the tone and acts as spokesman for Senate Democrats. Leading in this race is Senate Whip Robert Byrd, 58, of West Virginia, a conservative turned moderate. A skillful technician who has parceled out many favors in his six years of running the day-to-day operations of the Senate, Byrd is thought to have 29 votes already lined up-three shy of a majority of the 62 Democrats in the upper chamber...
...Kong's basic mood in the shot. The masks could be made to change expression-but not by Baker. Hydraulic facial "muscles" tug the features into smiles, frowns and full-scale rage. Kong in a lustful mood is a little masterpiece of technology, all controlled by a technician. Baker could not even let his own eyes be seen by the camera. "That's always been the giveaway," he says. "You can always tell a man's in the monkey suit by looking at the eyes." Therefore, he wears contact lenses that simulate a gorilla's orbs...