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...just may happen. Which is not to say that all the Republicans have climbed aboard, or that some Democrats won't be jumping ship. But the prospects for final passage Thursday night or Friday of the soft-money ban that John McCain and Russ Feingold have been ramming against the Senate's doors for five years now have never, ever looked better...
...ever flew aboard the Mir space station, you'd know how important it was to urinate on the barbed wire surrounding the launchpad before you went up. If you were especially thorough, you might want to douse the wheels of the bus that carried...
Holidays could be a dreary time aboard Mir, especially for those from the officially atheist U.S.S.R., which had eliminated many of them anyway. On New Year's Eve, crews were permitted to set up a small, nonsectarian tree, which did little to improve the Das Boot ambience. To lift their mood further, they would break out the ship's vacuum cleaner and take turns riding it around the tree--the poor man's jet pack...
...Navy is under fire for having 16 civilians aboard the USS Greeneville, a Navy fast-attack submarine, when it collided with a Japanese fishing trawler on Feb. 9, killing nine aboard the trawler. A Naval inquiry into the accident is probing whether civilians aboard for a day cruise may have been a distraction to crew members that contributed to the accident. The three admirals who conducted the inquiry are now considering what kind of legal proceeding should be taken against the Greeneville's skipper, Cdr. Scott Waddle. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, meanwhile, is mulling whether he should clamp down...
...while the bulk of its business continues to be incentive trips, the percentage of corporate meetings has more than doubled, from 6% to 16%, in four years. For instance, last year 156 employees from Kelly Services' Scientific Resources Group held their annual meeting on a four-day Bahamian cruise aboard Norwegian's Majesty. Meetings took place Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. till noon, leaving afternoons free. (And obviously, ducking meetings for the tennis court is a tad more difficult at sea.) Dinners were scheduled so employees from different locations could get together. "The impact it had on the staff...