Word: ch
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...life means "you go to Spain for an all-night party, to England to drink, to Italy for sing-songs and fine food." For Igor Karpatechev, a 30-year-old Russian now doing graduate studies in Paris, the singular charms of Europe reside in "the flavor of the old châteaux, and all those books and museums. The Americans only live in the present and the future, but Europeans also live in the past...
...plane's maintenance woes. The Osprey had spent only 135 hours in the air during the three months the Marines owned it. Yet it needed 600 repairs--one fix for every 15 minutes of flying time. The Osprey is far less ready for action than the Vietnam-era CH-46 chopper it is supposed to replace...
...VENEZUELA Chávez Defiant President Hugo Chávez Frías reponded to the largest-ever protest against his government by appointing leftist Adina Bastidas to the post of Trade Minister, further alienating the business sector. An estimated 80,000 people marched through Caracas demanding Chávez moderate his policies or quit. Instead, pro-business Interior Minister Luis Miquilena resigned, jeopardizing party and parliamentary support for Chávez who also faces opposition from church leaders...
...plane's maintenance woes. The Osprey had spent only 135 hours in the air during the three months the Marines owned it. Yet it needed 600 repairs - one fix for every 15 minutes of flying time. The Osprey is far less ready for action than the Vietnam-era CH-46 chopper it is supposed to replace...
...ready to fly 75 percent of the time. Far from it. A recent outside review, apparently incorporating the misleading data, said the V-22s were full prepared for their missions only 20 percent of the time, a number far below that of the Vietnam-era CH-46 chopper it is supposed to replace...