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...passengers, the buying binge will mean bigger, quieter and more comfortable planes. Airlines, for their part, will save on operating costs with the new fuel-efficient jets, which feature advanced computerized flight systems. With so many airplanes to build, though, the booming aerospace companies will face some fresh concerns: how to meet their delivery schedules and still ensure that their quality control does not slip...
...public needs is a shot of romantic realism. T.S. Eliot was a civil man, and a public-minded writer, and so it is only right that his anniversary be marked in public ceremonies; Chandler was the laureate of the loner, and so his admirers recall him now in quieter ways, alone, unnoticed, with a light on in their darker corners...
...Sullivan Stadium quieter than a "Scholars for Quayle" rally...
...rush hours. Last week the FAA also recommended 20% pay hikes for controllers at O'Hare, New York City's Kennedy airport and Los Angeles International airport. The Government hopes to attract more veteran controllers to work at these hubs, where the jobs are far more pressured than at quieter airports...
Though originally their Moscow tour guide had them singing for tourists, the Kroks decided to take their act to the Soviet people themselves, says Thomas A. Shields '89. "Usually when we sing on the street, we can't do our quieter ballads because of all the noise. But the people there were so attentive. We sang every song we knew," he says. "I remember that afterwards, a really big guy came up to me and pointed to himself and said, 'Andre.' Then he pointed to me and said, 'Good.' I think that may have been the only English he knew...