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...policy, while most of the wise men of Republican administrations past assembled as foreign policy advisers by Governor Bush have called for a review of the embargo. The Clinton administration's previous moves toward relaxing the embargo were torpedoed in 1996 by Havana's shooting down of two civilian aircraft flown by anti-Castro exiles who'd dropped pamphlets on the island. That prompted President Clinton to sign the Helms-Burton Act, which made the embargo an act of Congress rather than simply an executive order. But once electoral concerns recede next year - and if Castro avoids any high-profile...
...crash was the loudest thing he'd ever heard. On KMOX talk radio, callers discuss the peculiar nature of campaigning in Missouri, which because it contains a fair number of good-sized towns not served by commercial air flight requires candidates to often travel by charter or personal aircraft. The accident itself is eerily similar to one 24 years ago, when Democrat Rep. Jerry Litton's plane crashed soon after takeoff as he was flying to Kansas City to accept his party's nomination for the U.S. Senate...
...crash of an Airbus A320 off the coast of Bahrain and of the Concorde [BUSINESS, Aug. 28]: Aircraft designers have always linked airplane reliability with passenger safety. Why don't we separate the two and concentrate more on passenger safety? We need some sort of solution that could save lives in at least 10% of total-failure cases. In many instances, there have been a few precious minutes available during which the doomed passengers could have reacted and attempted to save themselves. Fastening seat belts is just not enough. WAHEED QUADER Ibadan, Nigeria...
...shallow waters of the channel, a plume of wastewater frequently set up off Deer Island that could be seen by any jet aircraft taking off from Logan Airport. Ships passing through the area carried the toxins both away from the harbor and back toward shore. Although 85 percent clean, this plume occasionally fouled dense areas of marine life in large parts of the inner harbor...
...supersonic Concorde must be permanently grounded because of safety concerns, I will miss it [BUSINESS, Aug. 28]. What is on the horizon to take its place? There is no other passenger aircraft to equal the Concorde's elegant union of power and grace. The stylistically repetitive banality of modern passenger aircraft is a disappointment. Almost every Boeing and Airbus looks the same. Come on, Boeing, you have the talent to design something better. With your next aircraft, take our breath away. G. STUART EWY Los Angeles...