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Most safety experts argue that the already strained system is not able to accommodate either more stacking, closer flying or more routes to be controlled. But the FAA seems ready to bow to some of the airline pressure. The agency's regional traffic managers expect to meet in February, and may consider a ten-mile interval in time for the summer season...
...specialists and their supercomputers. The blueprints for French Kiss came from the labs of Dassault-Breguet, the French aircraft manufacturer famous for its Mirage fighter jets. A team of 30 scientists, including several "Star Wars" weapons-system researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, perfected USA's unique rudders at bow and stern that help prevent sideslip...
...weeks ago, however, Conner fired a new -- and strange -- shot across New Zealand's bow. "There have been 78 aluminum 12-meters built, so why would you build one of fiber glass unless you wanted to cheat?" he asked at a press conference. Added Blackaller: "My engineers have told me for six years that you can't build a fiber-glass boat light and strong enough . . . under the rules." The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda of Sardinia, organizer of the challenger series, has not responded to the war of words. As a matter of normal procedure, however, it will remeasure...
...Palm Beach. "I was 73 the other day," says Martin. "My body doesn't have the resilience. People think it does because that's all they see. But the next day . . ." Channing, 63, who first met Martin when both were working on Broadway in the '40s, will also bow out. "I wouldn't consider doing it without Mary. The whole idea was doing it together." The legends may be leaving, but Legends will go on, perhaps even to Broadway in the spring. Alexis Smith is among those being considered for the task of following one of the ultimate hard acts...
Bang. The curtain's down. You're no longer a star. At least you have a bow to take...