Word: aircraft
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...against the meeting because the officials were not high ranking. He got his way. But as the Chung case shows, the President's donors had a greater interest in diplomacy than was previously known. In March 1996, Trie sent a letter to Clinton questioning whether his deployment of two aircraft carrier battle groups to the Taiwan Strait at the time would provoke a war with China, an outcome that, Trie warned, could have a "negative outcome" for the President politically, "especially in this campaign year." Clinton responded with a boiler-plate reassurance that the only U.S. intent was to help...
...Corp., the parent company of American, has been a champion at it, having shaved more than $1 billion in costs. USAir knocked back 10% of its flights. Delta laid off a large percentage of its work force. Northwest decided to retrofit old aircraft instead of buying new ones. The majors stopped, for the most part, their suicidal price-cutting wars. They curtailed their wildly optimistic purchases of new aircraft that had led them into such trouble in the 1980s. They shut down unprofitable routes, leaving many cities to the commuters...
...that it was an innocent craft. To prevent future mishaps, Major General Donald Peterson said the Air Force would give regular training for pilots on civilian Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems; would implement new procedures to rely more heavily on radar and contact with controllers in identifying unexpected aircraft, and will conduct a special review of military operations in the region in cooperation with the FAA. While U.S. military craft will continue to guard coastal air space from intruders, commercial airliners hopping from Miami to Manhattan should not fear that they will be mistaken for hostile military planes...
...NASA, to justify the Hubble's cost. After some quick figuring, Weiler put the annual cost per American at less than one dollar. In total, he said, NASA has spent $3.8 billion on the program, including the cost of this shuttle mission, since the late 1970s. "That's one aircraft carrier or two B-2 bombers," Weiler said. "And they're not working every day -- unless we attack Canada...
Lincoln's boss spent the company's money as if it were his own. Jetting around in a fleet of aircraft known as "Charlie's air force," he once went on a three-week tour of Europe with more than 20 family members in tow. His lavish parties would feature the host wandering around cradling a bottle of Dom Perignon, sometimes encouraging guests to jump in the pool fully clothed. His corporate executives would often find thick, neat packets of hundred-dollar bills under their plates when they went to Keating's house for dinner. Family members got a little...