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...Lowdown:: Langewiesche, acclaimed author of such books as American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center and Inside the Sky: A Meditation on Flight, has little use for hagiography or hero worship. But his meticulous breakdown of the fateful flight is highly complimentary to Sullenberger. One exception is the author's puzzlement over why such an experienced pilot chose not to apportion credit to his aircraft, whose "fly by wire" automation helps pilots handle basic tasks and is capable of overriding human fallibility. Sullenberger bristled at the suggestion that the plane deserved credit, arguing on Nov. 15 that the book "greatly...
...relative benefit was too small to recommend screening in younger women. That conclusion has incensed some oncologists. "They are saying that we should take mammography away from women in their 40s because ... these factors outweigh the value of lives saved," says Dr. David Dershaw at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...
...modeled after Le Laboratoire, an experimental art and design center in Paris, and has been in the making since 2005. It is like an experiment in itself, only designed to last for three years, when it will be reevaluated...
...center from Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, Okla., Swiatek said that a surgery in March did not successfully treat a patellar injury in his right knee, and that a second surgery would be required—leaving him unable to play this year...
...addition to Darnton, the panelists were Craig D. Silverstein ’94, Google’s director of technology; David Weinberger, a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Sherry Turkle ’69, an MIT professor of social studies and technology. Harry R. Lewis ’68, a professor of computer science, moderated the discussion...