Word: metallers
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...statement issued Monday, the service's Air Education and Training Command's said it had decided "to salvage the aircraft in place." In other words, the Air Force has agreed to pay a metal-recycling company $12,000 to get rid of the airplanes that cost taxpayers $42 million, including $10 million in failed fixes, to procure. "The aircraft will be completely destroyed and the scrap metal value will be used to off set the disposal cost," the Air Force said. The job is due to be finished by September 25. After taking nine years to decide what...
...recent trip overseas, my fiancé and I were much aware of the increase in security. But we did find something puzzling and alarming. On flights to and from Europe, we were surprised that we were provided with metal eating utensils, including a serrated knife. If a couple of box cutters brought down the World Trade Center nearly five years ago, doesn't someone out there have any sense by now not to provide metal eating utensils to passengers? Paul S. Wax Teaneck, New Jersey...
...problem the Cardinals have not been able to shake is the ongoing criticism of Bill Bidwill's management style. The notoriously aloof, bow-tied Mr. B has been criticized for everything from the exorbitant premiums he charged for the sizzling-hot metal bleacher seats at Sun Devil Stadium, when the team moved to Arizona in 1988, to poor choices in coaches, free agents and draft picks. "I think he's been very misunderstood because he hasn't felt comfortable speaking up," says Michael, who describes his father as a nice...
...hulled containers and kept relatively cool to prevent evaporation, it is largely inert. "It's my favorite chemical for what you can finally do with it," says Greer. "It will sit placidly in a warehouse at under 70 degrees." It's a remarkably quiet end for a remarkably dangerous metal--an end that can't be too soon in coming...
...recent trip overseas, my fiancé and I were much aware of the increase in security. But we did find something puzzling and alarming. On both flights to and from Europe we were surprised that we were provided with metal eating utensils, including a serrated knife. If a couple of box cutters brought down the World Trade Center nearly five years ago, doesn't someone out there have any sense by now not to provide metal eating utensils to passengers? PAUL S. WAX Teaneck...