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After months of clamoring for more high-tech aircraft, Saudi Arabia has reversed the throttle and quietly backed off its request for 72 more F-15 jet fighters. KING FAHD's surprising flip-flop may prove to be a pragmatic move. The Saudis relish their role as Washington's pre-eminent Arab partners in the Middle East peace process, so they would rather not risk embarrassing GEORGE BUSH. The $4 billion transaction would have undercut the President's vow to scale back arms sales to the Middle East and would surely launch a bruising battle between the White House...
When she finally landed in Manila, however, few could forget the eerily similar event that triggered Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos' fall. Commando teams fanned out around her aircraft as it taxied to the gate, just as they had when opposition leader Benigno Aquino returned from exile eight years earlier. But instead of the fatal gunshots that greeted him, well-wishers surged onto the plane to welcome the former First Lady. Under a plan worked out by the Philippine national police and a coterie of retired Marcos loyalists, Imelda was escorted to a holding room for immigration and customs checks -- then...
...that can locate a missile in outer space can also be used to find oil deposits in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and over the past decade a growing percentage of supercomputer sales have been to industry. Today supercomputers are used for everything from crash-testing cars to designing fuel-efficient aircraft...
...economy may have the last word on how Washington responds to stubbornly stagnant business conditions. The Commerce Department said last week that orders for such durable goods as steel, machinery and aircraft fell 3.2% in September following a 4.1% decline the previous month, indicating that the recovery is barely kicking. Unless the economy can right itself soon, the pressure on politicians to appear to do something to help their constituents is likely to keep growing...
...lawsuits in which Bath has kept the upper hand, White claims, by privately asserting to the court that he had "national security" connections. White now claims in court that Bath wanted to borrow $550,000 from their real estate venture to cover funds that Bath had "misappropriated" from an aircraft company he controlled...