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...plane that can operate safely on short dirt airstrips. The Kodiak, with its small wingspan of 45 ft. (15 m), advanced flap technology and high power-to-weight ratio, can land and take off in less than 700 ft. (210 m) and climb at a rapid 1,700 ft. per min. (520 m per min.). The Kodiak can be retrofitted for other uses such as border patrolling, hauling emergency equipment and carrying military paratroopers. That's why the British army and the U.S. Department of the Interior are also customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Turboprop Built for Trouble | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

Since the 1970s, when Pap testing became a part of routine gynecological exams, the rate of cervical cancer in the U.S. has fallen more than 50% - in 1975 there were 14.8 cases per 100,000 women, and by 2006, only 6.5 per 100,000 women. But the cancer, which is primarily caused by infection with the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), is rare among teens under 20. Only about 14 cases are reported each year in the U.S. in teenagers, compared with 123 cases among women ages 20 to 24, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pap Tests: Another Revision of Recommendations | 11/21/2009 | See Source »

...main reason that costs - and tuition - are rising at public universities is a drop in state support. According to Wellman, in 2006, state taxpayers spent $7,078 per student at public research universities. That's nearly $1,300 less than in 2002. Any spending increase has been largely for administration, maintenance and student services, not instruction. At many public universities, the deep recession has made the situation worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tuition Hikes: Protests in California and Elsewhere | 11/21/2009 | See Source »

...seven consecutive weeks. And they feature one of the best defenses in the country, leading the nation in shutout percentage—they’ve held 70% of their opponents, including UConn yesterday, scoreless—and rank second in the country in goals against average (0.35 per game) and save percentage...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Avoids UConn, But Tough Task Looms | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

...serve honestly?" said Kirill Kabanov, head of the National Anticorruption Committee, a nongovernmental organization. Many prospective recruits eschew police forces in favor of security agencies such as the Federal Security Service, or FSB, the main successor agency to the KGB, which pays about $1,500 to $2,100 per month, he adds. (Read: "Answers for 50 Cents: Testing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia's YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

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