Word: buttons
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...force shot down two private planes flown by an exile group based in Miami and Clinton came under heavy domestic pressure to respond militarily. He apparently decided that signing a flawed sanctions bill was better than doing nothing--and definitely better than giving Bob Dole a free hot-button issue...
...With its button nose and tartan bow, it looks at first glance like a typical teddy bear. But this huggable toy does more than dress up a bed. It comes equipped with a hidden camera to watch the baby-sitter while the baby-sitter watches the kids...
...airline, and another budget flyer, Kiwi, was ordered to cut back its fleet because of insufficient pilot training. The FAA administrator in charge of safety, Anthony Broderick, bailed out, while FAA head David Hinson and Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena vowed to turn their attention to such hot-button issues as the use of subcontractors for aircraft maintenance. They'll leave industry cheerleading to others. Given that this decision came after the death of 110 people, questions linger about the FAA's capacity to untangle red tape and effect radical change...
What hardly anyone expected was Accordion Crimes (Scribner; 381 pages; $25), a book that is, in at least one crucial respect, the antithesis of The Shipping News. Accordion Crimes has no central character, unless that term is stretched to include a 19-button green accordion that is brought by its Sicilian maker to New Orleans in the early 1890s. This instrument spends roughly the next 100 years--and the entire novel--drifting haphazardly into the possession of different people or, more precisely, members of different immigrant groups struggling to establish themselves in the U.S. After the accordion maker (who, somewhat...
JOSEPH FEMIANI, 57; MCMURRAY, PENNSYLVANIA; electric-company owner Abused as a boy, he vowed to make a difference one day. In 1992 he developed the Watchful Shepherd, a home-monitoring device for victims of child abuse. The push of a button puts kids in direct touch with youth counselors and summons police to the scene. In the past 2 1/2 years, WS has protected more than 200 children in his state. There are now plans for global expansion. Says Femiani: "The children are no longer alone...