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...shuttle flight was Gemini and Apollo veteran John Young, widely respected as an iceman at the stick. If you're going to fly so tricky a ship, you have to be. "When you re-enter, you're moving at 25 times the speed of sound," says former astronaut Dr. Norm Thagard. Hitting the atmosphere at that velocity is "not unlike slamming into a brick wall, if you're not at the correct attitude...
...received a diagnosis of substance abuse or been involved in drug dealing, that they would not seek to replace lost medication or obtain early refills and that they would buy their drugs from only one designated pharmacy. Monthly checkups and extensive tests--including MRIs and electromyographic studies--were the norm, Nelson says. Over the years, he has dismissed more than 70 patients for not following his rules...
...million in concessions if TWA is to become competitive. His demands: 17% wage cuts and a two-hour increase in the workweek, which now consists of some 20 in-flight hours. TWA flight attendants currently make an average of $35,000 a year, or 40% more than the industry norm. The union will accept 15% wage reductions but refuses to work as many hours as TWA is requesting...
...this is reality TV, the ripping off has commenced. Fox last week announced Skating with Celebrities, which one suspects will draw heavily from Hollywood's expatriate Canadian community. (Norm Macdonald, start lacing up!) Fox airs So You Think You Can Dance next month, and TLC is preparing Ballroom Bootcamp, both of which were scheduled before Dancing premiered...
That sentiment is a long way from current constitutional jurisprudence. It also happens to be quite distant from the military norm. While irritations do occur (a group of evangelical chaplains has been suing the Navy for years on claims of alleged career discrimination), Evangelicals have usually found ways to give witness without offending the military's doggedly maintained principle of pluralism. This week's academy report may provide hints as to whether this admittedly tricky model can survive as Evangelicalism becomes more assertive and its critics more defensive. Meanwhile, if the report is released as expected, academy personnel will have...