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...Navy has relieved Waddle of command, and plans to survey the sunken trawler and recover the bodies. The service has suspended emergency blows with civilians aboard, and at least temporarily it has barred civilians from manning controls. Navy officers say Waddle will probably never command a sub again, even in the unlikely event he is cleared of wrongdoing. If the Navy suspects negligence, he could face a court-martial. Investigators are eager to determine if the civilians' presence distracted Waddle and his crew. Discovering what happened could be difficult. There was a video recorder aboard the Greeneville that could have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving Blind | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...Klerk's denials of responsibility for the atrocities and human rights violations by security forces ultimately under his command must be disputed. We should not forget that he held the highest position as president and, as such, bears ultimate responsibility for the actions of his subordinates, whether he knew about each individual crime or not. De Klerk presents himself as a "reformer" and a peacemaker, but we need to expose him for the person he really...

Author: By Stewart TING Chong, | Title: Seeking Credibility and Truth | 2/23/2001 | See Source »

...along the way. Defense experts decry the danger, Democrats bemoan the cost and Putin is giving us all kinds of spooky looks. Annoying Canadians may be excusable, but I draw the line at angering leaders who look like Bond villains and who can blow up the world at a command. (The command is "Blow up the world...

Author: By Joshua I. Weiner, | Title: False Sense of Security | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

...Next Small Thing--acts that can appeal to cult audiences first, and if they go on to something bigger, fine. At the Drive-In hails from El Paso, Texas, and is slowly building a larger--though not necessarily large--following. The group's new CD, Relationship of Command, released on the rap group Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label, deftly combines punk ferocity with artful though sometimes inscrutable lyrics. Like heavyweight champs, the band works the head and the body and scores points in both areas. Drummer Steve Shelley of the underground rock band Sonic Youth met Christina Rosenvinge, a Spanish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Relationship of Command | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...weather. Seemingly irrelevant thunderstorms in Cleveland may delay your L.A.-to-New York flight because the FAA sometimes orders that flights be held on the runway if delays are building up in the crowded Northeast airspace. You can see what the FAA is looking at by going to its command center's website www.fly.faa.gov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Get In A Flap! | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

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