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...line of fire. Blown up on larger-than-life monitors, Bill Gates was shown giving testimony about his 1995 dealings with Netscape that directly contradicted memos he wrote at the time. "I had no sense of what Netscape was doing," the onscreen Gates said innocently; meanwhile, his on-paper counterpart was feverishly plotting to "buy some piece of them or something...
...issued an "airworthiness directive," the FAA's term for something that must be done at once. Instead, the agency suggests that the retrofit be performed at each plane?s next scheduled maintenance check, or thereabouts. The FAA has known about the potential insulation problem for years -- its Chinese counterpart reported the problem in 1996 after a Chinese Eastern MD-11 caught fire in Beijing. Hopefully, no more fresh evidence will come along...
...first Top 10 showdown at Sanford Stadium since 1983 is enticing enough, but the stakes are even higher because of the bad blood that clearly exists between Donnan and his counterpart at Tennessee, Phillip Fulmer...
...whom the Captain shared a secret life for more than a decade before marrying her in 1992, after the death of his first wife. Strong-willed and energetic, Francine is the one Jacques Cousteau picked to replace him as head of the U.S.-based Cousteau Society and its French counterpart, Equipe Cousteau, which own the rights to his films, books and inventions. Under Francine, the organization has planned ambitious projects, ranging from a Caspian Sea expedition to a "Waters of Peace" program that aims to locate ecologically threatening wrecks left under the sea. "We conceived this operation...
...Congress would prefer a long stint on the surface transportation subcommittee. The Judiciary Committee's incendiary issues make its members inviting targets for special-interest attack ads, which can be treacherous for members from competitive districts. And since the committee doesn't even confirm federal judges, as its Senate counterpart does, it's almost entirely patronage free. At least on surface transportation, a member could get a new bus line for his home district...