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...Iraq), even though Ronald Reagan found that the exact opposite was true and had to raise taxes twice to repair the damage done by his 1981 cuts. And Bush probably believed, as the sign said, that the "mission" had been "accomplished" in Iraq when he landed on the aircraft carrier costumed as a flyboy. He may even have believed that he was a flyboy...
...times and added that if Bush is to be beaten, "We're going to have to get up off our asses and work." I think I gasped. On Thursday, he took a roundhouse swing at Bush over Iraq: "It's been days since the President was flown to an aircraft carrier"-note the passive tense-"to announce that hostilities in Iraq had ended ... It's time for the President to ... tell the truth, that the war is continuing and so are the casualties...
...puts the viewer behind the wheel of souped-up cars like a Nissan Skyline and a Yenko Camaro, both juiced with NOS--a nitrous oxide injection system--that instantly multiplies their speed as if they're toddlers on sugar. These cars seem to double as aircraft. When goosed by an ace driver, the Skyline vaults across a yawning drawbridge, and the Yenko flies across the water to crash-land on the upper deck of the bad guy's yacht. 2F2F has a bit of plot about an ex-cop (Paul Walker) enlisting an old pal (Tyrese) to foil a drug...
...doesn't mean frivolous. A crucial change for the niche airlines has been in their conservative approach to safety. Only a few years ago, many new airlines were dismissed as inferior or even less safe than established carriers, in part because many of them flew older aircraft. But government regulators and carrier executives have worked together to inculcate a rigorous safety culture. AirTran, Frontier (based in Denver) and JetBlue are either flying entirely new fleets or quickly acquiring new planes to replace older stock. That not only helps with safety and the perception of safety but also is good...
...taught guys who were 10 years older than me and had been the heads of aircraft carriers....They were skeptical about a civilian kid teaching them,” he says, emphasizing that the challenge helped him learn to teach well...