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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week, with no leads on a mechanical cause for the crash of the flight, the case's investigator told the Associated Press that the Egyptian Muslim co-pilot had made a "cryptic reference to Allah" (News, Nov. 17) as the plane was going down. Had it been a Christian American pilot crying "God help me," such a suggestion would never have been made...
...matters in black and white; the true picture of race relations in the American military is more one of half-full, half-empty. Although the Pentagon sat on the conclusions of the congressionally mandated race report for two years, grappling with how to present it to the public, the news it contained was not all bad. A high percentage of minority respondents reported that race relations have improved in the military in the past five years. And while twice as many minority respondents as white feel the military isn't doing enough to address racial problems, the great majority...
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Sources: Good News: New England Journal of Medicine (early release of 1/20/00 issue); New England Journal of Medicine (11/11/99). Bad News: Neurology (11/10/99); Journal of the American Medical Association (11/10/99...
...memorial service for the Texas A&M students who died last week, according to the Associated Press. Taking a swipe at the other candidates, Mike Hull, Bush's Arizona campaign director, haughtily informed the news service of the Texas governor's commitment to his constituents, simultaneously managing to characterize any questions regarding Bush's no-show as utterly compassionless. And in fact, although you'd never know it from all the ruffled feathers, Bush never planned to be at Sunday's debate; he'll make his much-anticipated debut at the December 2 GOP event in New Hampshire...