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...real high-stakes dogfight is largely being waged on paper. A manufacturing team led by Lockheed, maker of the YF-22, and another headed by Northrop, maker of the YF-23, have each submitted 15,000 pages of data to the Air Force in an effort to convince officials that each company's model is the best candidate to replace the F-15 Eagle, the 15-year-old long-range fighter that has been flying critical missions over Kuwait and Iraq. The Air Force is scheduled to choose between the two models on April 30. The winning team could take...
Even as allied planes dominate Middle East skies, a big dogfight may be developing above the U.S. The gulf conflict has sent jet-fuel prices soaring and passenger travel plunging, creating brutal competition in the airline industry. Last week the big got bigger as American, United, Delta and Northwest all picked over the carcass of Eastern Air Lines. In a bankruptcy auction they divvied up 238 landing and takeoff slots, 48 boarding gates and four of the failed carrier's routes. The biggest winner: Delta, with 16 landing and takeoff slots, 21 boarding gates and three routes serving Canada...
...Harvard men's basketball team has been consistent all season, using its tough out-of-league competition to prepare for the real dogfight, the Ivy League race...
LIVING: Walter Mitty wins a dogfight...