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...virtual-reality-type head-mounted display developed for military aircraft that can also be used on assembly lines to project instructions and data without tying up assembly workers' hands...
...Ward, the father-in-law of Webster Hubbell, then a law partner of Hillary's and now Reno's top deputy at the Justice Department. McDougal sold Ward the plane, and his S&L loaned him the money for the purchase, Ward told TIME, in order to keep the aircraft off Madison's books, where it might have aroused suspicion among regulators. Hubbell acted as counsel to his father-in-law in the deal, one of several connections with the thrift that have had the effect of forcing Hubbell to dissociate himself from any investigations involving Whitewater or Madison...
...exit permits to 1,200 Syrian Jews by the end of this month. The gestures did not go unnoticed. The very next day, the Administration said it would temporarily relax sanctions against Syria -- imposed for its alleged support of international terrorism -- to allow the transfer of several American-made aircraft from Kuwait...
Another winner in NASA's new game plan is the aeronautics industry. The agency is working with manufacturers on techniques for finding cracks in aging aircraft, on ways to warn airliners of the wind bursts that can cause crashes and on new methods for keeping ice off wings. NASA, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are developing airliners that would fly hundreds of passengers at up to 3.2 times the speed of sound. (The Concorde carries up to 100 passengers at twice the speed of sound.) And the agency wants to build a supersonic plane that would take off horizontally, launch satellites...
President Clinton signed legislation lifting the ban against women serving aboard naval combat vessels. Women will be assigned to three aircraft carriers...