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...sure about my earlier career plans. Six weeks from graduation and the requisite pains of looming self-sufficiency, I’ve had to discount most of my previous designs on how to make a living as impractical. I don’t have the arm for the football gig, I don’t have the brains for professional science and I definitely don’t have a funny bone big enough to please America night in and night...
That was a happy moment at the White House, where months of global arm wrestling and weeks of second-guessing were finally shelved. Vice President Dick Cheney said, "The conclusion of the war will mark one of the most extraordinary military campaigns ever conducted." Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the events "breathtaking," even as he was careful not to declare victory while soldiers were still fighting and civilians were still dying and prisoners of war were still missing. "Let there be no doubt," he said. "This is not over, despite all the celebrations on the street...
...jobs) and eliminating real estate and telecom divisions to focus on rail. Tellier knows Bombardier, having served on its board for the past five years. Besides dumping its highly profitable recreational division as well as ancillary businesses like military-pilot training, the company is reining in its troubled financing arm, Bombardier Capital, which in the future will lend only to buyers of regional aircraft...
...jobs) and eliminating real estate and telecom divisions to focus on rail. Tellier knows Bombardier, having served on its board for the past five years. Besides dumping its highly profitable recreational division as well as ancillary businesses like military-pilot training, the company is reining in its troubled financing arm, Bombardier Capital, which in the future will lend only to buyers of regional aircraft. Bombardier is the world's biggest producer of railway equipment, including the high-speed locomotives chosen for Amtrak's East Coast Acela service in the U.S. The company's new plan emphasizes its "many opportunities...
...plan to arm pilots was passed by Congress in 2002 after more than a year of intensive lobbying by a group of flyers and the National Rifle Association, who outmaneuvered opponents including the airlines, other pilots, the TSA and, originally, the White House. The airlines see nothing but trouble in having a firearm - which could in theory be wrestled away by a hijacker, damage the aircraft if fired, or lead to the death of someone who meant no harm - in the same confined space as the plane's controls. Many pilots, on the other hand, want as much security...