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...black townships all over the country would explode into uncontrollable demonstrations. De Klerk still worries about that. After announcing Mandela's release, he called for calm and stability as the "conditions that would enable me to lift the state of emergency." He made it clear that the government will monitor Mandela's homecoming to test law- and-order in the black townships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa No Easy Walk to Freedom | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Once in the air, the flight engineer must calculate the plane's fuel consumption mathematically and monitor gauges that show the rate of consumption and the level in each of the aircraft's tanks. Circling at low ; altitudes, as Flight 52 did, consumes more fuel than normal cruising, possibly throwing off the engineer's calculations, though not the gauges. Another source of trouble could have been the 707's abrupt climb after the aborted landing. Aviation experts say this could have sloshed what remained of the fuel to the back of the tanks, where the fuel pumps cannot reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Planes Just Run Out of Gas? | 2/12/1990 | See Source »

...will continue to monitor the CambridgeWater Department's quarterly test results...andwhat the City of Cambridge is doing to reduce thelevels of THM in the water supply," Bochnak said...

Author: By Hillary K. Anger, | Title: Student Circulates Clean Water Petition | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

While working as a typist at an undisclosed location, Rothenberg will be watched by corrections officers and will wear an electronic monitor on his wrist. California spends $2,970 a year to supervise an average parolee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: A $648,000 Typist | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

...heart of the defense rests in a collection of computerized equipment mounted in the 707's cockpit. There, at a console packed with indicator lights and video monitors, a specially trained electronics war officer can monitor the airspace around Air Force One. Should danger be indicated, he can unleash several electronic countermeasures, including radar jammers, fine-tuned infrared flares and billowing clouds of metallic chaff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Could They Hit Air Force One? | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

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