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...while Air Force, Army and Marine personnel operate out of four bases in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia (there may be as many as four air bases in Saudi Arabia alone, but the U.S. refuses to give the exact number). A naval station in Bahrain, headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, is host to 32 ships, including a carrier deck full of warplanes. Kuwait and Qatar have each agreed to store enough armor, artillery and supplies for an entire brigade of U.S. soldiers; a similar accord with the United Arab Emirates is in the works. And finally, the U.S. is constructing...
...Florida Everglades, the FAA at last acknowledged that it is time to clean house and retool for the age of deregulation--which began in 1978. ValuJet chief Lewis Jordan signed a consent order grounding the airline, and another budget flyer, Kiwi, was ordered to cut back its fleet because of insufficient pilot training. The FAA administrator in charge of safety, Anthony Broderick, bailed out, while FAA head David Hinson and Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena vowed to turn their attention to such hot-button issues as the use of subcontractors for aircraft maintenance. They'll leave industry cheerleading to others...
...lack of it--in the cleanup efforts is also in sharp dispute. Some initial skeptics took heart from the high caliber of FBI agents hired by the union: Robert Luskin, a former federal organized-crime prosecutor; Douglas Gow, formerly the No. 2 man at the FBI; and a fleet of seasoned former agents. They insist they are totally independent of Coia. Critics point out that they are paid by the union, which Coia still heads...
DIED. JO VAN FLEET, 81, actress noted for portrayals of proud, stoical mothers; in New York City. Her many films include Cool Hand Luke and East of Eden, for which she won a supporting-actress Oscar. On Broadway she appeared in The Trip to Bountiful and Look Homeward Angel...
...Roberts instead starts the piece with what he calls "a series of improvised statements," the first being the forlorn sound of a single banjo. Gershwin's 1920s piano rolls have set a high standard for pianists to follow, but Roberts' performance on this CD adds some graceful verve. His fleet-fingered improvisations--constant, probing, thoughtful--provide color to an already multihued work without seeming merely ornamental. After hearing Roberts, we sense that there are many more shades of blue than we previously imagined...