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Pinched airlines tend to defer repairs on items that do not require immediate grounding of a plane. One pilot admitted that he flew his jet even though in his cockpit 14 red tags were hanging from parts on which needed maintenance work had been deferred. While this may be legal, John Galipault of the Aviation Safety Institute insists that one airline assigns mechanics to fly in what repairmen call "hangar queens," airplanes that develop frequent problems. When a minor ailment arises, the flying mechanic "signs off" on the paperwork needed to permit the plane to keep operating, even though...
...advantage of fetal cells is that they are generally not mature enough to cause graft-vs.-host disease, which can occur when the tissues of a transplant recipient are attacked by implanted adult cells. Also, fetal nerve cells, unlike adult cells, can regenerate and thus have the potential to repair a damaged brain or spinal cord. "These properties," says Green, "make fetal cells a very exciting glue to tie together injured or diseased areas of the body...
...event, Central America is not the place to look for a foreign policy success that would repair the damage of Iranscam. That could come only from an arms-control agreement. Says a White House official: "There is a feeling around here, heightened by the Iran business, that Soviet-American relations and arms control are the only game in town...
Kidding aside, the fine edge of courage is honed by energy, exhilaration, adventure and the promise of applause. When does a man approaching 76, with various parts of his body needing repair, begin to sag under the burden of his years, to retreat from the prospect of emotional battering...
...same reasons, the blunder is a peculiarly difficult one to repair. Disastrous policies can be reversed, subordinates who get a President in trouble can be replaced, and those who may have broken the law can be punished. What is not readily recoverable, once it has been lost, is trust. And Reagan has seriously, if unwittingly, strained the trust of allies, Congress and the American public in his Administration's credibility and competence. It is too early to say that his Presidency has been crippled, though that could happen if the dismaying pattern of new revelations and unconvincing explanations continues much...