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...partner of Continental, airlines have ordered 131 so far this year, more than doubling last year's orders. Bombardier's deliveries of its Q Series turboprop (Q stands for quiet) were up 71% last year. And Europe's ATR was in a death spiral when the market gave it lift; ATR's sales jumped 100% for its 42-seater (ATR 42-500) and 157% for its 72-seater...
...problem with smashing the whole system, however, is that it's a lazy answer to a fierce challenge. Modern capitalism has created unprecedented wealth in our lifetime, shown its power to lift people out of poverty and spread a culture of competitive genius. So we make a case for who got us here, and who might have saved us and didn't. Even faith itself can be faulted when it turns into blind optimism that sees no risk, hears no sirens. There are plenty of prosecutors who will have a chance to make their case against anyone who crossed...
...beautifully busty actress, on a trip to Sierra Leone to support a tetanus-vaccination project, nursed a starving baby she encountered while being filmed by ABC News. She did this, she told the camera crew, in part out of compassion for a suffering child, but also to help lift the stigma against breast-feeding in Africa, where men often think women can't have sex if they're still nursing. "So the husbands, of course, of these women are really encouraging them to stop [breast-feeding]," Hayek said...
...Washington Coffins, Uncovered? Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a review of the 1991 policy that bars the media from taking photographs of the flag-draped coffins of service members killed overseas, a restriction much criticized since U.S. troops have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gates said he may lift the ban "if the needs of the families can be met and the privacy concerns can be addressed." He said the review is on a "short deadline...
...lady, I hope that Mrs. Obama can make the pragmatism that she had on the campaign trail contagious, reminding all Americans, as she does Barack, that high-flying oratory can only take us so far. The president is a powerful symbol, but he will not be the one to lift us out of the recession. To do that, we will need talent and shrewd leadership in thousands of places that are far from the spotlight...