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...cruises like an airplane - at twice a chopper's speed. As pilots like to say, military flight manuals are written in blood. The growing question around the Osprey is whether its rotor design has a tendency to push the aircraft into a roll that quickly turns into a fatal plunge. Such dives "can occur at any time and consequences are exceedingly grave," according to an unreleased General Accounting Office report circulating on Capitol Hill. "The V-22 appears to be less forgiving than conventional helicopters...
...typically start low, rise to a peak and then decline. When that happens, Langer says, "those peaks can sometimes be toxic and the valleys totally ineffective." He cites as examples insulin and sleeping pills: "Too much insulin can put you into a coma. Not getting enough insulin can be fatal. Too much sleeping pill can kill you. Too little, and you lie awake all night...
...stopped drinking after a near-fatal car accident in 1972, and after that he had a difficult time getting work, so when I was producing All the President's Men in 1975, I insisted on casting Jason. It was a way for me to return his generosity, and it was wonderful to watch how he nailed the character of Ben Bradlee. He was a consummate actor, almost the last of a breed. He was tortured, and he carried that with him and used it beautifully. He was also incredibly warmhearted and generous. One of the bright spots of my career...
Bill Clinton's final Mideast peace plan is dead in the water. And, surprising to some, the fatal blow was delivered by Washington's closest allies in the Arab world...
...Arab position is a fatal blow precisely because of the role played by the governments of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan throughout the peace process. They have traditionally created the political cover for Arafat to make compromises that his own people find unacceptable; now they're doing the opposite. The motivation of the moderate Arab leaders is twofold: To avoid falling foul of the mounting popular anger at the Israelis and Americans in their own countries and because many of them are faced with large Palestinian populations that they do not want to accommodate forever...