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...oxygen masks work. A plastic deck chair appears, and Sehgal helps the volunteer, a worried-looking boy of 7, up onto it so that the other passengers can see him. "This is just for show," Sehgal explains. "You don't have to stand on your chair. The oxygen will drop down to you." The perky attendant runs through various drills, ending with life-vest use. "Do you know swimming?" she asks the boy. He looks around nervously before giving a small shake of his head...
...often been labeled a child of privilege, haughty and aloof from ordinary Pakistanis. Her two stints as Prime Minister were plagued with ineptitude and accusations--which she denied--of massive graft. Indeed, she fled Pakistan eight years ago to escape corruption charges and returned only after Musharraf agreed to drop them as part of their deal. Now she can claim the leadership of a popular uprising against a dictator--and potentially wipe clean her own record...
...Over the next few years the two grew closer. Kerik and Giuliani were literally inseparable on 9/11 and in the months that followed. Crime declined on Kerik's watch, though the big drop had taken place years before. After years of mutual hostility, City Hall's relations with local African-American leaders slowly began to heal. Kerik's press was good, but unlike Bratton, Kerik took care to stay in Giuliani's shadow when it mattered. By the time Kerik stepped down in 2002, Giuliani was the godfather to two of Kerik's kids. The two men then took their...
...cheaper than a new robot. "We are obsessed with getting costs down," says Jobson. Back in his office, he pulls up a graph showing York's productivity. In 1998 it took 38 man-hours to produce a ton of chocolate. This year's time is forecast to drop to 23 hours--a 40% improvement...
...water-injection wells--essentially the low-hanging fruit. Once that ends, oil production in those key fields will decline, and the declines could be steep. The two other giant fields producing lesser-quality oil are subject to this same risk. Quantifying the timing and the magnitude of the pending drop is impossible based on the skimpy data Saudi Arabia now discloses. But the risk is real, and the drop could happen soon...