Word: emi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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However, in an article in the April 8 issue of The New York Book Review, Elaine Scarry, Cabot professor of aesthetics and the general theory of value, alleges that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) overlooked a potential cause: electromagnetic interference (EMI) from nearby military activity...
...article, the English professor details the danger EMI pose to aircraft and how EMI from nearby military aircraft and warships might have caused the guidance and electrical systems of Flight 800 to malfunction. This, she says, may have led to the catastrophic explosion that killed all 229 aboard...
...letter to Scarry dated April 21st, NTSB Chair Jim Hall called the article "quite interesting," and said thatpresently "the [NTSB] investigative team isworking with private concentrators and themilitary to determine the effects of EMI and [HighIntensity Radiation Fields] on Boeing 747s...
Bronfman says the company (and presumably his image) has turned the corner. The music division, led by bands such as No Doubt and the Wallflowers, is performing well, and Universal is exploring the purchase of EMI, the British music label. His investment in another media company, Time Warner (TIME's parent company), has paid off. In February, Bronfman sold 15 million Time Warner shares for $64.38 each, or about $965 million, nearly double what he paid for them. Universal expects to open new theme parks in Florida and Japan in the next few years. When it comes to movies, however...
...many of the studio's greatest hits. Spielberg isn't the only holdout. Paramount and Fox have also steered clear of DVD, while Disney has yet to commit any animated classics to the format. It isn't the first time major content providers have resisted new technology: Capitol-EMI refused to put out any Beatles titles during the early years of the compact-disc revolution...