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...owners said the probable cause of the conflagration was a gas leak, which a survivor said was "screaming like a banshee" seconds before the blast Wednesday night...
...date approached, rumors of development problems began to leak out of NeXT's Palo Alto headquarters. Last week company sources confirmed what many already suspected: Jobs would miss yet another deadline, by several weeks at the very least. The setback did nothing to allay the intense speculation surrounding the machine, but it did raise troubling questions about the computer's ultimate chances for success and about the formidable reputation of its creator...
...penchant for pursuing a private agenda when he was in the Executive Branch. As Deputy Under Secretary for Defense, he was credited by some with initiating the effort to obtain Stinger antiaircraft missiles for the mujahedin. In April 1986, however, Pillsbury lost his job after he was suspected of leaking word to the Washington Post that the Administration had finally approved Stingers for rebels in Afghanistan and Angola. Although Pillsbury denies being the source of the leak, an Administration official familiar with the case says Pillsbury failed three lie-detector tests given by the Defense Investigative Service. "The only thing...
...Eastern and Continental fleets (total planes: 636) last month along with a probe to determine whether Texas Air is financially stable enough to run its airlines safely. While the FAA found such violations as a faded red EXIT light, a frayed seat belt and a minor oil leak, the agency says it has uncovered no major problems during the investigation, which is expected to conclude next week. Texas Air believes the special inspection will exonerate the airline and win back public confidence. The checkup, Lorenzo predicted in a speech last week, "will put into perspective the misinformation and nonsense that...
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