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...Inspector General and the NTSB, but it wanted harmony by persuading us to lay off, to leave its officials to do their jobs as they always had. Planes are not falling out of the sky, the FAA kept saying. Aircraft are not crashing. Stated over and over, this agency mantra was a blanket justification for business as usual...
...regularly told the NTSB that it couldn't have anything on its wish list of safety measures because of cost considerations. It told the same thing to the Inspector General, Congress and the White House. It reassured the public with the mantra "Accidents are not happening; planes are not falling...
...number of critics is likely to be drowned out by a roar of support. The number of rock stars discovered online could also skyrocket. "If you want to get discovered, you don't need a demo anymore," says Ayson. "Everyone's putting their stuff on YouTube now." And the mantra many of them are taking to heart is "Don't stop believing...
...1990s, only to bust with the bubble in the early part of the current decade. So they're reluctant to try again. There's also an older wariness dating back to the 1980s, when too many designer brands went on licensing sprees that cheapened their pedigree. "Since then, the mantra has all been about control of brand. And to some, the net looks like the Wild West," explains Guy Salter, deputy chairman of Walpole, the British luxury brands trade association that collaborated on the study. Chi-chi brands also worry the web is more hoi polloi than haute couture. "Some...
...talented players, there’s no doubt about that, but we’re not superstars,” tri-captain Caitlin Cahow said. “We depend on teamwork. We don’t win any games without it.”That mantra carried the Crimson through a fairytale season in which the team brought the Beanpot, Ivy League, and ECAC regular season and tournament titles back to Cambridge.Harvard started out the season with 11 straight wins, tying a school record and rocketing the Crimson to a No. 1 national ranking.Along the way, the team took...