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...there's time, they'll also try what NASA managers insist on calling the Incapacitated Crewmember Demonstration, something those sensitive souls in the Astronaut Office have also referred to as "the Dead-Guy Test." The trick is to see if one astronaut can drag another astronaut, either dead or severely incapacitated - from micrometeoroid, aneurysm, whatever the case may be - from one end of the shuttle payload bay to the other, then into the airlock. They've done it in the large pool where spacewalkers practice, but want to be sure it can be done in space without any extra tools...
...Both countries insist that what's needed is a show of sincerity and flexibility?not a premature discussion of how to solve the knotty issues. "If we start by contemplating final settlements, we are liable to come to the conclusion that nothing is possible," says Pakistan's Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar. "For the time being, one is best advised not to think of a final outcome...
...link in the network of regional terrorist cells that has come to light this year. And, although a direct tie to al-Qaeda has yet to be established, "we are very sure that he is not acting alone," says one military intelligence officer. In public, however, Indonesian police insist that the allegations against Abubakar in Singapore and Malaysia aren't substantive enough for detention or extradition. "We do not believe that he was recruiting or training anyone for a jihad operation," says national police spokesman Brigadier General Saleh Saaf. "So far we have no proof...
...swift and private confirmation ceremony led by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Ashcroft strode purposefully into his new offices at the Justice Department Friday, making the rounds and shaking hands. While aides don't expect his first day on the job to be much more than ceremonial, they insist Ashcroft is raring to get down to work and leave his bitter confirmation battle behind him. "I will confront injustice by leading a professional Justice Department that is free from politics; that is uncompromisingly fair," the new AG said in written remarks released Friday...
Later, on May 17, Deng himself expressed during a Politburo meeting that "Compromises right now are surrenders to their [the students'] values, and to not compromise we must insist on the position of the April 26 editorial." The April 26 editorial was one of the focal points of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement, for it demonstrated how the CCP had from the beginning perceived the students' protests as a "turmoil" that threatened its power...