Word: cabin
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...some experts and the anecdotal evidence of thousands of travelers, things are scary up there - and it has nothing to do with the potential dangers spelled out on the safety card in the seat pocket in front of you. It's about high levels of cosmic radiation, questionable cabin air quality, disease-causing microbes and cramped seating. Says Farrol Kahn, director of Britain's Aviation Health Institute: "Aircraft have been called incubators of disease. The airlines have a lot to answer...
...they? Despite growing criticism, airlines continue to maintain that a busy aircraft cabin poses no greater health risk to passengers than a crowded bus. "We have no interest in playing down or covering up any supposed risks, since our business relies on bringing people to their destination happy and healthy," says Véronique Brachet, a spokeswoman for Air France. Other industry experts point to an absence of conclusive medical links between flying and dying, or even getting sick. "There is no scientifically valid evidence that the cabin environment in commercial aircraft is unhealthful," says Dr. Russell Rayman, executive director...
Clinton exploded, according to the Palestinian notes. "You are denying your people a Palestinian state," Clinton warned. "Barak came a long way. You did not." When Arafat got back to his cabin at 2 a.m., Erakat began reading out the minutes of the tense exchange and then burst into tears. The other Palestinians, some of them also weeping, got up and embraced Arafat...
...Pentagon say shouldn't be cropping up in a planned $38 billion program on the verge of production by Bell Helicopter and the Boeing Co. The doors on each $83 million craft are difficult to open, the interiors lack hand grips so that passengers can safely move about the cabin in flight, and the heating and cooling systems can't maintain comfortable cabin temperatures. In the hot confines of the cabin, Pentagon testers noted, Marines will have to drink a lot of water to be ready to fight, which highlights another shortcoming: the V-22 has no toilet facilities...
...able to wean ourselves off these antidepressants, we can move on with our lives and forget that our government - you know, the one of, by and for the people - has forsaken us without so much as a backward glance. And if not, we'll just find a nice deserted cabin in the middle of Montana, buy some camouflage and a copy of "The Anarchist's Cookbook" and start working on improving...