Word: crews
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...miss him, there's no question," Associate Coach Ronn Tomassoni said. "He gives the team another dimension, another weapon in a pretty talented crew of forwards. He's done a lot for us as a freshman...
...occasional traveler the danger is slight and not worth worrying about. But the Government study suggests that radiation is causing a small but measurable increase in cancer rates among crew members and the most frequent flyers. As a result, the Federal Aviation Administration is sending airline workers an advisory on the health risks of cosmic radiation...
...Government estimates that among 100,000 crew members who spend 20 years on an average route, such radiation will cause 600 "premature cancer deaths." By comparison, cancer from all causes may kill 22,000 of that same group. Frequent travelers who spend half as much time in the air as pilots do, or about nine hours a week, will incur half the risk. Exposure varies dramatically with altitude and proximity to the poles. A year spent flying the great-circle route from New York City to Tokyo will subject a crew to 30 times the risk of a year...
...Pregnant crew members have special concerns. The FAA says women who fly throughout the first seven months of pregnancy may exceed the recommended radiation doses for fetuses and slightly boost the risk of birth defects. Some experts feel such women should consider taking leaves or working on less exposed routes, especially from the eighth to the 15th week of pregnancy. Others emphasize that the radiation is much less hazardous than other dangers of everyday life. Says Dr. Wallace Friedberg, head of radiobiology at the FAA: "If my wife was a flight attendant and pregnant, I would not tell...
...overextended IOS had fallen victim to the bear market of 1970. So had Cornfeld, who gave up his castles in France and Switzerland, as well as his jet and Rolls-Royce. Today he is dealing real estate in Europe, his celebrated harem now "down to sort of a skeleton crew of three or four...