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...There are about 45,000 FAA employees in the world, and for the most part they are men and women who prefer to work behind the scenes. They're comfortable there. They man controllers' screens in darkened basement rooms, they maintain the complex computer systems that operate the world's busiest air traffic systems, and they anonymously keep the system flowing. The New York employees did that every day until Sept. 11, when their jobs put them in the front row of the country's worst nightmare. The FAA staffers in the room with Garvey on Monday afternoon, almost...
Furthermore, students were not asked whether they would volunteer for service if America were involved in a protracted war. It is understandable for students to prefer that the professional members of a volunteer military fight in a future conflict. But the students answered that they would not want to fight even if called to service, in which case millions of other 18- to 25-year-old Americans would be in exactly the same situation and might be forced to go in their place...
...There’s a trade-off between the safety and the fear, and at this point I’d prefer the safety,” said Michal D. Wang ’05. “As a citizen of a major city that’s open to attack, I would much prefer not getting nuked than having privacy...
...evening progressed, the cast went from merely wiping paint on dancers, to squirting them with the stuff, to instigating fights with foam noodles. And while some may prefer more recognizable tunes (á là the Leverett 80s dance), Boch has done Harvard a service by showcasing alternative theater uses for the dramatic community and simultaneously welcoming the Class of ’05 with an example of the kind of fun creative people can have before they...
This has been a tough summer for Japanese baseball. Stadiums have been relatively empty, and televised games have attracted far fewer fans, many of whom prefer to tune in each morning to watch live broadcasts of the Seattle Mariners, featuring Japanese stars Ichiro Suzuki and Kazuhiro Sasaki. In the U.S., Japanese players are the new thing, the "It" boys of baseball. Back home, the national sport has spent summer in the dumps...