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...fired off by a crew of three, far fewer than the army of 1,700 needed by the shuttle. Bottom line: the Delta Clipper should be able to carry 10-ton payloads to orbit -- manned or unmanned -- for $500 to $1,000 per lb., compared with 28 tons a load at $10,000 per lb. for the space shuttle...
...cost of McCaw's visionary expansion is a staggering debt load of nearly $5 billion and losses of $715 million in the past two years. Even with that burden, McCaw is expected to play a crucial role in AT&T's quest to conquer the emerging field of wireless communications. Almost all calls now originate or terminate on conventional wall-jack telephones (even if they are cordless within the home). But analysts predict that cellular-type phones will gradually replace hard-wired sets. That could mean trouble for local telephone companies, whose monopoly depends on phones remaining tied down...
Director Philip Kaufman and Co. have done what they can to lighten this load. The near racist lectures have been trimmed and tightened, and the plot has been twisted so that a Japanese is no longer the murderer. Still, much of the story line must still be tediously pursued, and everybody spends a lot of time sitting around talking about what has happened, is happening or may be about to happen...
...Little Rock could know how hard this is." Purvis remembers Foster's description of his days. "You try to be at work by 7 in the morning and sometimes it's 10 at night when you walk out just dog-tired. About the time you're thinking 'What a load,' you turn around and see the White House lit up, and the awe of where you are and what you're doing hits you. It makes you realize it's worth...
...sure all of this has been a nightmare for Sheldon," says a friend of 25 years. "It plays to every weakness he has. He carries a classic load of communal Southern guilt on racial issues. He has always had a hard time with the notion that members of a minority group can misbehave...