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...there is one part of the air safety system that has proven stubbornly resistant and where mistakes continue to occur: on the ground. The deadliest crash in aviation history occurred in 1977 when two Boeing 747s collided in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people. And even the best airlines in the world have had problems on the ground - in 2000 a 747 flown by Singapore Airlines on its way to Los Angeles crashed on takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan, when a pilot headed down what was a closed runway and plowed into construction equipment. Planes don't run into each other...
...also said that existing runway safety procedures are insufficient and criticized the FAA for being slow to make improvements. Sometimes large safety issues can be solved with small changes like lighting and paint. Although it has not been ruled that poor signage or lighting is involved in the Comair crash, it has been an ongoing issue that safety experts have been trying to fix. An FAA test project to make runway markings more visible that was begun at T. F. Green Airport in Providence, R.I., last year was so successful at reducing incursions that the agency is taking the program...
...down to size. Short calls it a one-man show - but five terrific performers are on hand to share the spotlight (and on occasion upstage him). He bills it as the story of his life - troubled childhood, years of hoofing in Broadway chorus lines, the inevitable drug-fueled crash and rousing comeback - only most of it isn't true. His voice cracks at the big note in his opening number; his brother from Canada pops up in the balcony to complain that Marty is being unfair to the family; and he confesses that, when it comes to his daunting Broadway...
...actor as outlaw, more interested in getting a role than being a role model. Brando sanctified that posture - the insolent slouch - which over the last half-century has been assumed by a hefty plurality of actors and musicians (mostly male, but there are exceptions). If a star doesn't crash his car, trash his hotel room or smash in a photographer's face, he's not being true to his art, you know what I mean...
...conservatively in cash, savings deposits and real estate. "The Asian rich have had a high propensity to hold cash," says Scott of BCG. "That was why private banking didn't take off for a long time in Asia." But several economic shocks?including the tech-stock crash of 2000 and the 9/11 terrorist attacks the following year?prompted the world's central bankers to slash interest rates in an effort to revive economic growth. With returns on savings deposits falling to around 1% (or even lower in Japan), Asia's wealthy were roused to seek alternatives. Today, they tend...