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...management personnel. Mutual of Omaha estimated that sales of flight insurance have soared 25% since the strike began. But what appears to be deterring potential passengers is not so much the safety factor as delays and scrambled schedules. "Safety does not seem to be even a minor consideration," says Delta Air Lines Public Relations Manager Bill Berry. "They are more concerned about return-flight cancellations...
Still another experiment involves Voyager 2's photopolarimeter, a light-measuring device that failed on the first flight.. As the spacecraft approaches the planet, the instrument will be aimed through the rings at Delta Scorpii, a far-off star. By measuring disruptions (or blinking) of the starlight caused by the intervening ring material, the scientists should get the most precise data yet on the number of rings, their density and width and the size of the stuff they are made...
...also generated megawatts of controversy. Environmentalists charged that the dam would rob the Nile Valley of the silt that had made it fertile. They predicted increased salinity of the land, and warned of a sharp rise in water-borne diseases like schistosomiasis. They also anticipated erosion of the Nile Delta. The great dam became a symbol of Third World development gone awry...
...added that with the Aswan liabilities have come new benefits. The collapse of the sardine industry in the Delta, for example, has been balanced by the creation of a rich new fishery in the Aswan reservoir. The Nile's increased salinity turns out to have been exaggerated; the salt level, the scientists found, is up only 10% to 15%, not yet enough to damage most crops. In fact, the greatest threat to water quality is not the dam but the growing pollution from thriving towns and farms along the now peaceable river's shore. As for schistosomiasis...
Savvy travelers are picking up on the savings that can be made by taking advantage of routing peculiarities. A Delta ticket from Boston to Atlanta costs $197. But from Boston to Augusta, Ga., the fare is only $185, even though Augusta passengers must change planes in Atlanta. Travel agents suggest that at least some customers are now buying a ticket to Augusta and walking out of the airport in Atlanta with their carry-on luggage in hand, thus saving...