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...current war against terrorism, it is understandable that the Navy wants to increase training. But in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the people of Vieques asked for a hold on scheduled maneuvers to allow its people time to recover from the emotional distress of terrorism; the Navy responded with 5-inch shells and inert bombs. This is a problem; the Navy must be more responsive to legitimate requests from American citizens...
There?s a new "white knight" for the damsel in distress that is Enron. Oak Brook, Ill.-based power-plant developer Standard Power and Light wants to buy Enron for less than $1 a share (about what it?s trading at right now). But the company might want to proceed cautiously - look what happened to Dynergy, Enron?s last would-be savior. As Enron filed for the biggest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history, it sued Dynegy for "not less than" $10 billion, charging them with using disingenuous merger talks to "put an end to Enron as a competitive force...
...didn’t seem particularly different [than usual], but it’s hard to gauge people’s emotional distress,” Seed said. “A lot of times people are good at concealing things...
Both his new movies were called into question in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, which made Hollywood re-examine its product and marketing strategies. DreamWorks pulled ads for Last Castle that depicted an upside-down flag (though in the film, it's merely a sign of distress). Scott toned down some of the explosions in Spy Game. "Right now the scrambling [in the movie industry] has to do with, Is it gonna sell or not?" says Redford. "Moral concerns are overwhelmed by a larger concern, which is business. If this is a sustained mood in the country, then...
...current National Transportation Safety Board search for answers in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, which killed 262 people, is all of the above. Only more so. Usually some aspect of an accident "pops" early: bad weather and visibility; inoperative systems on the aircraft on the ground; a distress call from the pilots. In the case of AA 587, many experts first suspected trouble with the CF6 engines that powered the Airbus 300-600. Yet 48 hours after the accident, investigators have not found major engine problems. In fact, 587 so far, has shown precious little...