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...largest in the U.S. since 1987, when a Northwest Airlines crash claimed 156 lives. The tragedy also involved a Boeing 737, the most common of all passenger jetliners. Moreover, there is an eerie resemblance between the September catastrophe and the March 1991 crash of United Airlines Flight 585 near Colorado Springs, Colorado. In both instances the 737s banked abruptly, rolled belly-up, then plummeted vertically. The cause of Flight 585's crash has never been established...
...time," says McCarroll. Expect Forstmann to squeeze margins and "in three to four years, sell it," McCarroll says. One of the implications of this buyout: According to Forstmann's announcement, Ziff-Davis will continue to be based in New York City even though it recently considered a move to Colorado. "They probably want to keep it under their wings right here," says McCarroll...
Downsizing can also anger customers who find workers too busy to pay attention to them. U S West, a Baby Bell telephone company with headquarters in Englewood, Colorado, has announced a phasing out of 9,000 jobs, about one- seventh of its work force. Already, Lynn Schimmelfeder and Ben Rubin, two service representatives, have so few support staff members working under them that they are unable to chase down customer queries such as, "Why didn't the repair man get to my house today?" Phone operators like Carla West increasingly are having to listen to the gripes of irate callers...
...past three years, a number of parents' groups have organized against the program, protesting what they call the pseudo psychology at its core. Says Gary Peterson of Colorado, the founder of the fledgling national group Parents Against DARE: "Our schools are giving away more and more time to social- engineering programs that have not been sufficiently researched." Says Richard Evans of Northampton, Massachusetts: "DARE is awash in the touchy- feely stuff of the '70s. It's tricky and the kind of thing parents need to take a closer look at." Last week the critics of DARE received new ammunition...
Researchers have discovered a genetic reason for dyslexia -- a problem that keeps millions from reading well. Scientists at the University of Colorado in Boulder have traced the disorder to a gene located somewhere in chromosome 6, the same pesky piece of DNA that also contains genes contributing to hay fever, migraine headaches, asthma, thyroid disease and allergies. The discovery may help in early detection of dyslexia, which could prompt early treatment of the disorder and lessen its effects on children's lives. About 20% of the population is born with the problem...