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...trio of ships will take about seven months to reach Mars (the moon, by contrast, is just a quick three-day hop) and will follow flight plans that are in many respects quite similar. All are traveling to deep basins or other formations on Mars that look as if they were once flooded with water, a key requirement for life. All will also reach the surface in the Rube Goldbergian fashion pioneered by NASA's Mars Pathfinder in the summer of 1997, slowing their fall with a combination of heat shields, parachutes and, in the case of the U.S. landers...
...fare carriers are obsessed with keeping costs down and treating customers well. They work hardest at employee relations, aware that labor troubles have helped sink several major airlines. The low-fare airlines shun extravagances, from linen napkins to fancy airport lounges. In contrast to some major airline CEOs, who pocketed hefty compensation packages even as their airlines were losing billions of dollars, executives at low-fare airlines are out helping load bags when necessary and are tying their pay to their firms' performance. The small airlines have also done away with or reduced the traditional charges for changing tickets...
...European Space Agency (esa) - will take flight. If they deliver on even part of their promise, the missions could go a long way toward explaining the history, geology and - most intriguing - biology of Mars. The trio of ships will take about seven months to reach Mars (the moon, by contrast, is just a quick three-day hop) and will follow flight plans that are in many respects quite similar. All are traveling to deep basins or other formations on Mars that look as if they were once flooded with water, a key requirement for life. All will also reach...
Divinity School students wore gold halos affixed to their mortarboards, Law School students brandished inflated plastic sharks and Business School students waved dollar bills. Graduates from the School of Education, in contrast, carried children’s books, while Medical School students swung surgical masks in the air and Kennedy School of Government degree recipients tossed around inflated plastic globes...
...East trip to crown Abbas as the new national leader of the Palestinians and consign Arafat to the dustbin of history. Bush pulled no punches during his stay in Egypt, telling a local TV network that "it's impossible to achieve peace with Chairman Arafat." Arafat's objective, by contrast, is to prove that peace is impossible without him. Washington's Arab and European allies have rebuffed U.S. and Israeli efforts to sideline Arafat altogether, recognizing that as the elected leader of the Palestinians and the longtime symbol of their national struggle, he enjoys far greater legitimacy among ordinary Palestinians...