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...Gore," (New York Times) ignoring the obvious fact that September, say, would be a far worse time. Failing an about-face by Reno, it'll be up to George W. Bush to do what Specter and the Republicans haven't been able to - keep the issue on the electoral radar until it really matters...
...That's where Daley, master arm-twister, consummate backroom pol, comes in. Daley's job will be to keep the operation lean and on schedule, and keep Gore's political radar finely tuned at all times. But he does carry one piece of baggage: His ardent and very effective muscling of the China trade bill through the House last month. Gore did some serious tiptoeing to deflect most of the unions' ire onto Clinton, who could afford it; now Gore's got the China bill's - and NAFTA's - main champion as his right-hand...
...going to have a state-of-the-art radar system in the near future. What can be done in the meantime to make our runways safer? The NTSB has offered a string of suggestions, many of which are revolutionary in their simplicity: Controllers need to speak slowly and clearly, and pilots should come to a full stop before crossing any runways. Good thing these people went through intensive aviation training - otherwise, all of these complicated safety directives might be way over their heads...
...Throwing what some Yale starters laughed off as a "BP fastball," sidearmer Mike Marcucci '98 went 7-0 in relief and could never have cracked 80 on the radar gun. Being on such a single-minded and intelligent team made everybody better and produced some of the most thrilling moments in the last four years of Harvard athletics. I salute the 1997-2000 Crimson. Real baseball players, all of them...
...Some families are not always so good at nesting in neighborhoods--they need to get involved, and we need to reach out to them, because they're not on the radar screen yet," he says...