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...aviation. The difference can be explained partly by the airlines better pilot training, partly by better equipment. For an average fee of $1,500, any fit 17-year-old can sign up for 16 hours of classwork and 35 hours in the air at an FAA- approved school to obtain a private pilot's license. A commercial license requires more: between $3,500 and $4,000 and 250 hours of flight time. But it is a cosmic leap from this to an Air Transport rating of 1,500 flying hours minimum followed by specialized instruction for particular aircraft types...
Insulin is widely used for the treatment of certain diseases, but it is difficult to obtain and expensive now. If Gilbert's experiment had succeeded, he could have extracted insulin more quickly and much more cheaply...
However, Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio), one of the bill's leading opponents, said it was a "prescription for disaster" and accused the Administration of ignoring the major consumer, farm, and labor groups opposing the bill just to obtain a long-denied Congressional victory...
...Cross spokesman estimated 2 000 people may have died in Esteli alone, although firm figures have been impossible to obtain. Red Cross spokesmen estimate more than 1 000 died in earlier fighting in Leon, Chinandega and Masaya, and that 10,000 people may have fled the country during the violence...
...police hope to obtain additional complaints for receiving--possession of stolen property--on Tuesday when they go before the Brighton District Court with the recovered goods, Chafin said...