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...Monday, the head of the national airline regulator announced he will begin grounding flights within a few days if a new deal isn't reached. The sense of impending doom, said the pilots' main negotiator, was part of a plot. "Someone wants to create a company that produces the forms of serious psychological pressures on pilots that can cause airplane crashes," he said...
...Palin may be an expert at shooting moose and bears. But if she were President how would she deal with the Russian bear? A. M. Gordhandas, SCUNTHORPE, ENGLAND
...second time in two possessions, Pizzotti snuck past the Crusaders’ defensive line for his second rushing touchdown of the night, putting the Crimson on top, 25-24 with under two minutes to go. Harvard’s defense forced another turnover on downs, sealing the deal and sending Holy Cross packing. “It was not our best game, but it was a good character win,” Pizzotti said. “We had great character and found a way to win,” Murphy agreed. At the end of the night, Pizzotti finished...
...first felt the thicker, stiffer, more robust cards in our eager hands. We assumed that, armed with this new technology, we would only have to touch our hips, gently, to that magical spot in order to secure a smooth entry. We soon learned, however, that it requires a good deal of awkward fumbling to find the sweet spot that turns on the reader and causes the door to yield. Worse yet, to do it with our wallet still in our pants requires a great deal of pelvic thrusting, prolonging the moment when, finally, our impatient rubbing provokes that high-pitched...
...worse time for South Africa's northern neighbor, Zimbabwe, where the South African President painstakingly brokered a power-sharing compromise aimed at ending the country's prolonged political crisis. Signed a week ago by Zimbabwe's autocratic president, Robert Mugabe, and his bitter enemy, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, the deal has been hanging by a thread. If it holds, the Zimbabwe deal could be Mbeki's most enduring legacy, despite the criticism he has drawn for a policy of "silent diplomacy" that was seen by many to appease Mugabe. But it could also be his final defeat. The ANC says...