Word: concerns
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Individually, each of these incidents could be a rare mistake or malfunction. But together they form a pattern of blunders that calls into question Delta's competence. Said Acting FAA Administrator Robert Whittington: "Each incident apparently involved human error, and this is a matter of great concern to us." The agency will examine, among other things, the carrier's pilot-training programs and long-range navigation procedures...
...plane's sole-source contractor, Northrop Corp., has taken a $124 million tax write-off against profits on the plane, signifying concern with the soaring development costs. Last week the Air Force called in officials from the Rand, Northrop and Rockwell corporations to explore the possibilities of subcontracting bigger chunks of the project...
Elsewhere in Europe, the nuclear catastrophe seemed to have faded from memory. French shoppers who once used Geiger counters to help them select produce during the height of the radiation scare now buy fruits and vegetables without concern. In West Germany, though, 20 institutes and eight community groups continue to monitor samples of suspected foods. Checks recently found excessive radiation in certain chocolates, dried mushrooms and beef...
...intelligence officers to the Soviets. Others face courts-martial on less serious matters. But the most stunning charges of spying inside the Moscow embassy have been dropped for lack of evidence. Indeed, no Soviet bug has yet been found anywhere in the current embassy, and there is growing concern that the military may have either blown the investigation or blown it out of proportion or both. Says a ranking U.S. diplomat familiar with the case: "The charge that KGB agents were being led around the embassy has never been proved. There's never been any evidence that the embassy...
...government responded with determination. As helicopters monitored events from ! above, hundreds of riot police fanned out through the streets, controlling the crowds with nightsticks, tear gas and volleys of bird shot. Several people were hurt, none of them seriously. As the government digested the latest threat to its authority, concern was growing in Washington that one of the closest U.S. allies in the hemisphere was headed for a long period of instability...