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...ground-proximity warning system in commuter airlines, even though this simple device could have prevented a number of crashes. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a separate agency that investigates crashes, has suggested that the FAA check flight-data recorders regularly--not just after a crash--to assess planes and pilots. The recommendation has gone nowhere...
...override an ingrained skeptical and vigilant view of the Arab world that underpins Likud's siege mentality? Its fundamental belief, says political scientist Sprinzak, "is, 'We're still at Masada, much stronger, not as isolated, but still a Jewish island in a sea of hostile Arabs." Leaders who can assess their choices only in terms of preconceived, fixed notions, who refuse to benefit from experience, who reject contrary signs of a better course, says historian Tuchman, are the ones doomed to folly. That, she notes, is what cost Rehoboam, son of King Solomon, the Kingdom of Israel...
...assistant dean will be able to assess, during the academic year 1995-1996, the internal structure and strengths of the staff...before making changes consistent with the maintenance of the current overall size of the staff," Knowles wrote in that memo...
...House of Representatives to Gingrich in 1994. Whether a Midwesterner is vital isn't yet certain. But in general terms, young is preferable to old, Catholic is better than Protestant, and pro-life beats pro-choice. Which helps explain why some hopefuls are more hopeful than others. We assess their prospects...
Recently, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 formed a committee of students and faculty to examine the current state of women at Harvard. Initially it might seem strange to form a task force to assess the needs of women. After all, we make up almost half the undergraduate population and on the surface appear to be very well-integrated into daily life. However, many of us have felt that the need to look below this surface, to see if this integration has indeed been successful, has been ignored far too long. On a campus with no women...