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...docking over Central Asia tomorrow, pilot Hoot Gibson will have to contend with a much more difficult linking than in the Apollo-Soyuz maneuver. "The Apollo and Soyuz capsules approached each other straight on," notes Hannifin. "This time, Mir will be stationary while the shuttle comes from underneath. The inertia of two 100-ton objects traveling at 17,500 miles per hour leaves no room for error. This will definitely be the most exciting part of the mission. But Hoot Gibson is an excellent pilot, and should handle it well...
...ensures that no American will be burdened by even the slightest worry, if some slight emotional concern did happen to develop during the course of an episode. Next week, in most cases, they start all over again. If it weren't for the factors' aging sitcoms wold have complete inertia. Not that aging makes too much of a difference--the characters don't lose any vacuousness as they mauture physically...
...ordinary life seems terminally humdrum, who has not entertained the fantasy? Just cut and run. Go somewhere else, find a clean slate, and start over. And this time, try to get it right. That relatively few people actually follow up on this impulse may testify to the power of inertia or the naggings of conscience, or to some tedious combination of both...
These stereotypes, and the fear of more visible employment competition, perpetuate a hiring situation in which "white men have insulated themselves within a culture that is impervious to everyone else." And thus the inertia of an organization is stabilized: the transfer of power and favor goes to new white men who share the values and lifestyles of the previous generation. This pattern is not unique to hiring; it is ubiquitious among family relationships, friendship groups and casual acquaintances. People find common ground with others reassuring. It is a natural tendency, but one which is exclusive and disenfranchising for those kept...
Shorts wearers themselves do make some efforts to explain their lifestyles. Dave Goldberg says, "the real reason is just inertia. All summer and fall I get up and put on shorts, it's real habit-forming." Others point to the many advantages of shorts: comfort, ease of removal and, according to Tim Griffiths, the ability to flee attackers more effectively than pants wearers...