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...equivalent of $1,450 a week. And she expected her earnings to increase as customers more frequently requested her. She was enjoying the Roppongi nightlife and had gone on a few actual dates, as opposed to dohans, with an American, Scott Fraser, a young Marine stationed on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Kittyhawk...
...designed to equip the U.S. armed forces for the wars of the future. Many of their recommendations are in conflict - and the fact that there's a steady stream of minor leaks to the media has resulted in a frenzy of speculative reporting which has the U.S. scrapping large aircraft carriers the one day, retaining them the next; scrapping manned fighter planes or going ahead with all three costly fighters currently in development; scrapping the ability-to-fight-and-win-two-wars measure for force size or retaining...
Earlier in the week Bush approved a robust arms package for Taiwan, including destroyers, antisubmarine aircraft and diesel-powered submarines, to counter a possible sea blockade by the mainland. But he turned down the most controversial request, for ships equipped with the advanced Aegis battle-management radar. Although it was the biggest sale in years, Beijing's predictable outrage displayed less bellicosity than it is capable of mustering. Bush, however, indicated that he might okay a future Aegis sale unless Beijing reduces its batteries of short-range ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan. Although a few right-wing critics, already angry...
...sell the most airplanes but who can make the most money." In order to do that, Boeing is promoting itself not merely as an airplane maker but as a diversified aerospace company with high-tech missile-defense contracts, space and communications systems and a growing aircraft-service business. To emphasize its new orientation, Boeing in March announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters. Its earnings for the first quarter were $762 million, up more than 100% from the same period last year...
...sweet it may be. The Sonic Cruiser, as it is being called, will fly just shy of the speed of sound. It will fly farther (850 miles farther than the A380) and faster (saving one hour for every 3,000 miles flown) than today's aircraft while maintaining standard operating costs. All of a sudden, the A380 looked like an expectant mother next to Marion Jones. Who wants big if they can have legs like that...