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...older planes. The $800 million renovation would help rejuvenate the 3,300-jet U.S. fleet, which averages 13 years of service per jetliner and is the oldest in the non-Communist world. The industry report, prepared by a task force of public and private experts, urged carriers to repair or replace critical parts on 1,300 vintage Boeing aircraft. The study, launched after a large section of fuselage ripped off an Aloha Airlines 737 last April, pertained to Boeing 727, 737 and 747 models that are at least 20 years old or have made some 20,000 flights. Later this...
...think that students could ask for a better reference staff. Their eagerness to help patrons find quick facts or structure in-depth research is vital in the college setting. We of the technical services staff acquire, catalog and repair the books required for reserve as well as those deemed necessary to our library's general collection. Because we now use HOLLIS and no longer have to rely on paper systems for much of this, we can process materials more quickly...
...rental companies are responding in part to a loss of revenue from one of their most expensive options: collision insurance. Until recently many car-rental customers paid as much as $13 a day for so-called collision-damage waivers to protect themselves against liability for any repair costs in case their vehicles were damaged. But many major credit-card companies now offer such coverage to their cardholders at no cost whenever they charge a rental. As a result, more and more consumers decline the pricey waivers. In the most sweeping move so far, American Express began offering the collision coverage...
...prison and $750,000 in fines. His alleged crimes include gaining illegal access to computers at Digital Equipment Corp., in Massachusetts, and at the University of Leeds, in England, and stealing valuable computer programs and long-distance phone services. Prosecutors assert that it cost Digital $4 million to repair and upgrade its computer-security program after Mitnick's intrusion. He is believed to be the first person charged under a new federal law that prohibits breaking into an interstate computer network for criminal purposes...
...there, Soviet ships could control access in or out of the Red Sea, a choke point of global importance. South Yemen refuses to accord the U.S.S.R. full base rights for its navy, and is rumored to restrict port calls by Soviet warships to twelve a year. But bunkering and repair services are always available...