Word: backseaters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although reports stopped short of confirming a quid pro quo for Seagraves' immunity deal, TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson says, "Connect the dots. They were all complicit originally in a conspiracy of silence" -- but when a guy who was in the backseat realizes they're all going to sink together for something he had no control over, self-preservation takes over. "One person has the controls of the plane," says Thompson, "and even though military tradition holds that they bear equal responsibility for situational awareness, the guy flying the plane is culpable." After Seagraves' immunity deal, the two front-seat...
...with his 6-ft. 2-in., 230-lb. frame hunched in the backseat of a speeding Jeep Grand Cherokee, Fieger didn't seem in the mood to sit quietly through a holy event. It would only interrupt his nonstop rant about the shortcomings of his opponent, Republican incumbent John Engler. "He's a cheater, a liar and a coward," said Fieger. "He's a man of mediocre intelligence who's never done anything in life but suck off the public trough." The Engler camp, meanwhile, is clinging desperately to higher ground. "Fieger can roll in the mud by himself," says...
...five-year retreatant. Barbara Carr is a school administrator who first went to a monastery two years ago, after her husband of 20 years left her and she developed breast cancer. Retreat for her was a crucial time for praying, crying and writing. Others find piety sometimes takes a backseat to curiosity ("I look at the monks and think, 'I can't believe you're not having sex,'" says Nolan) or humor ("We started calling it the show--'You going to the 6 o'clock show?'" says Branch of the offices. "It was a little ooky-spooky...
...been dazzled by the allure of China as a big market for U.S. products; he seems unable to see that country's true colors. I will say this to the Americans who want to stick their nose into our economic affairs: "You have not been asked to be a backseat driver; mind your own business." TSUTOMU NAKAMURA Kamakura, Japan...
...court-martial against the Marine pilot and navigator involved in a deadly crash in Italy is no surprise -- but the dismissal of charges against the two officers who occupied the backseat of the EA-6B Prowler may spell trouble for the accused. "The two backseaters are responsible for situational awareness, and if it's been decided that they're not culpable, the question is whether they've agreed to testify," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. Their testimony could reveal what happened in the cockpit immediately before the Prowler struck a ski lift, killing 20 people. Initially, the four airmen...