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...large number of other industries are facing similar problems. The retail industry is the most obvious. Beyond that, airlines are back in trouble. All of the merger plans that carriers were looking at last summer can be dusted off. Traffic is falling sharply as consumers and businesses cut back on travel. In a related sector, the hospitality industry is in it worst period in decades. Some hotels are nearly empty...
...most obvious commitment Obama wants to liquidate, of course, is the war in Iraq. But how can the U.S. draw down its troop levels without letting Iraq spiral out of control? The answer, at least in part, is to end another conflict: America's proxy war with Iran. Since Iran is the other big foreign power with influence in Baghdad, the U.S. needs its help to prevent Iraq from sliding back into anarchy as we withdraw. A better relationship with Iran might also make it easier to achieve calm--if not peace--between Israel and its two nonstate foes Hizballah...
...imperative for restraint goes further than the obvious need for cops to take care with loaded guns. Brutality is not defined by a weapon but by a mentality; it can occur with a baton, Taser or even bare fists. The mistake is not in the specific physical harm done by the police, but by the general propensity to abuse these positions of power...
...traditional tariff is not the only tool governments are using these days to influence trade. More important perhaps is the financial support that states are offering to industrial firms to aid them in the global competition for a shrinking pool of consumer demand. Most obvious of these steps was Washington's $17 billion bailout of the U.S. auto industry. Now American steelmakers are lobbying the incoming Obama Administration to include "Buy America" provisions in the proposed government stimulus package, to favor their own steel over foreign imports. A state development fund in Taiwan is raising $6 billion to aid companies...
...addition to studying computer simulations of water landings, airline pilots also undergo training in flight simulators, according to Laura Brown, a spokesperson for the FAA. (They don't practice water landings in real planes for obvious reasons.) Most modern planes have controls that allow a pilot to close all air vents and openings in the plane to keep the aircraft buoyant in the water. Pilots are instructed to keep the nose up slightly, but not so much that the aircraft slams down roughly on contact. They also are supposed to keep the wings level to prevent one from being clipped...