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Aircraft maintenance and repair is supposed to be an exact science. Detailed procedures are required for each task, and unique tools are often needed. The FAA requires that all work be done according to precise specifications from the aircraft's manufacturer and that it be approved by the agency. Compliance is so rigid that it is measured in millimeters. Work cards document every step in the process and are reviewed first by the airline and then by FAA inspectors. Maintenance errors are suspected in the most recent major U.S. crash, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which plummeted into the Pacific Ocean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Plane Dangerous? | 8/13/2001 | See Source »

Faculty and administrators present at the meeting would not comment on Summers’ exact message...

Author: By David H. Gellis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Allston Scenarios A Must For Planning | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

Over the next decade drugs and mobster Whitey Bulger would exact a heavy price on the community, before the area began a revival that would bring people of many races and nationalities to the area...

Author: By Louisa H. Cooper, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Campaign Heats Up To Replace Moakley in the Ninth | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

...When it comes to long-term health, keeping your weight from creeping up on you is more important than the exact ratio of fats to carbohydrates or the types and amounts of antioxidants in your food,” Willett wrote...

Author: By Sarah L. Park, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Researcher Revises Food Pyramid | 8/3/2001 | See Source »

...greatest effect so far noted in Code Red's last go-round two weeks ago was that the White House website, the ultimate target of its initial attacks, had to change its IP address. Hands up anyone, even anyone who was surfing the White House website at that exact moment, who noticed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Worms Like Code Red Are Good For You | 8/1/2001 | See Source »

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