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"Reality TV is returning to its natural home, which is the American political system," says R.J. Cutler, who produced the documentary The War Room about the 1992 Clinton campaign. Applicants will submit a petition signed by 50 people and a 30-minute video. They'll be narrowed down to a...
...filed a petition with the FAA, claiming that the agency's establishment of the rule had nothing to do with safety but instead was a back-room deal to rid major airlines of highly paid senior pilots. The 76-page appeal, which uses previously unreleased documents obtained by the petitioners, claims that the agency has dismissed or ignored research showing that older pilots are as safe as their younger colleagues. "This is the government version of ceo fraud," says Bert Yetman, president of the Professional Pilots Federation, a group that has been working since 1991 to change the rule...
The pilots' petition will also probably fail. Both the airlines and the Airline Pilots Association support the Age 60 rule. "It's the 'bloody hand' syndrome," says an aviation expert. "No one wants to support a change and then see a 67-year-old pilot crash a plane full of...
At Harvard, where a system of financial autonomy prevails, CID must petition the president and provost for such an unusual bail out. According to Rodrik, the committee’s plan seeks temporary seed money to get CID back on its feet.
Not all old soldiers simply fade away. Janko Bobetko, 83 and ailing, had been keeping a low profile in Zagreb, intent on living out his days in the quiet comfort of the villa he shares with Magdalena, his wife of 57 years. That was before the International Criminal Tribunal for...