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...Flight 574's disappearance and the so far fruitless search have raised questions about the safety of Indonesia's booming airline industry. Since the aviation industry was deregulated in 1999, allowing private firms into a sector previously open only to government companies, 19 new carriers have taken to the skies. Critics say the country lacks adequate technology and systems infrastructure to keep track of all the new planes. "I predicted something like this would happen two years ago," says Dudi Soedibyo, senior editor at aviation magazine Angkasa. "The industry has grown too fast and we still do not have...
Humans do not have a gene analogous to “fruitless,” Kravitz said, and the genetic behavioral patterns seen in the fruit flies cannot be extrapolated to humans...
...quick rebound that slid past Brown rookie goalkeeper Dan Rosen. Senior forward Kevin Du had a chance with a breakaway with 13:55 left in the opening period, but his shot on Rosen sailed just beyond the left post. The Crimson’s pressure on the net proved fruitless all night, as Rosen and the Brown defense kept Harvard from netting the equalizer and made crucial clears late in the game to end power plays. “Offensively, I think we have to generate more of a sense of urgency out of the gate,” Donato...
...ground: we want it all. We want to cheer on science's strides and still humble ourselves on the Sabbath. We want access to both MRIs and miracles. We want debates about issues like stem cells without conceding that the positions are so intrinsically inimical as to make discussion fruitless. And to balance formidable standard bearers like Dawkins, we seek those who possess religious conviction but also scientific achievements to credibly argue the widespread hope that science and God are in harmony--that, indeed, science...
...example should clarify: two weeks ago, with 200 eager students in attendance, two BGLSTA representatives debated two writers from The Harvard Salient, the campus’s conservative newspaper, on the subject of gay marriage. Unfortunately, the promising debate degenerated into a fruitless back-and-forth over the innate parental abilities of two same-sex individuals versus those of heterosexual couples...