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...half ago, the F.B.I. released a "terrorist threat advisory" and a composite sketch of two men believed to be driving a U-Haul truck filled with enough ammonium nitrate fertilizer and diesel fuel to blow up several small homes or one larger government complex--a bomb potentially on par with the one that killed 168 people in Oklahoma City only two years ago. After catching the men, the armed Federal agents discovered--much to their embarrassment, I would imagine--that the two men were traveling industrial cleaners and that the "ammonium nitrate fertilizer" was only soap. It was soon determined...
...said that one of her greatest concerns is that students may fall behind in schools with higher standards and fewer remedial classes, especially those who have recently come to this country or whose par ents do not speak English...
...unions with which the company must deal, none carries anywhere near the clout of the flyboys and -girls, a highly trained, highly paid and highly agitated bunch who have always seen themselves on a par with management, with one exception: pilots cannot be replaced quickly or easily. The pilots' union badly bloodied United Airlines in a strike in 1985, and pilots hammered the final nail in Eastern Airlines' corporate coffin in a strike in 1989. The majority of American's pilots served in the military, and many seem to relish the notion of a dogfight with their famously pugnacious boss...
PARIS: With the death of Pamela Harriman, the diplomatic post par excellence is a toss-up between Frank Wisner, the most senior member of the U.S. foreign service, and New York financier Felix Rohatyn. But only Monsieur Felix has the means and Lazard Freres connections to entertain in the grand style of the City of Light...
Overall, while there is a noticeable trend among athletes to take some relatively simple courses and to make their lives easier by having teammates in their classes, this is certainly not an absolute conclusion. For some, the team is no more than just another source of friends, on par with their House, a drama group...