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...AERODYNAMICS 50% Proportion of the primary structure of Boeing's new Dreamliner aircraft, unveiled on July 9, that is made of carbon fiber and other composites instead of aluminum. The new materials will reduce the weight of the plane 20% Percentage by which the design of the Dreamliner will reduce fuel usage compared to similarly sized planes. But some environmental activists argue that the jet, which is smaller than its Airbus rivals, will result in more overall flights and therefore more air pollution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

Proportion of the primary structure of Boeing's new Dreamliner aircraft, unveiled on July 9, that is made of carbon fiber and other composites instead of aluminum. The new materials reduce the weight of the plane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Numbers: Jul. 23, 2007 | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

...voters. When Jimmy Carter said, "I'll never lie to you," that promise-in the wake of Richard Nixon's resignation-was potent. Carter recognized that voters now wanted to know more about a candidate than simply his position on energy policy or taxes; they cared about the moral fiber of their President as well. And they increasingly saw religious faith as a proxy, an efficient way to get a sense of a candidate's character...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Origins of the God Gap | 7/12/2007 | See Source »

...Dreamliner, auspiciously timed for 7/8/07, drew a crowd of 15,000 employees and their guests to Boeing's Everett, Wash., facility in a manner fitting for what is the most successful, fuel-efficient commercial jetliner in history. To date, 47 carriers have ordered 677 of the planes. Carbon fiber composites make up 50% of the plane's material by weight (compared with only 12% in Boeing's last released jetliner, the 777), enabling Boeing to offer cost savings and more passenger comfort to airlines. But now that the celebrating is over, Boeing will need to buckle down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Dreamliner Soar? | 7/9/2007 | See Source »

...arrogant, contemptuous way it has been conducted have done to the world's view of our country. But a President with the middle name Hussein and a father born in Kenya will have a large head start. Not because of his talents or his ideas or his moral fiber but simply because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pat-on-the-Back Factor | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

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