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...possible that the administration of Sharon will serve as a cooling-off period for both sides. Although his own Likud party holds relatively few seats in the fractured Knesset--the Israeli Parliament--Sharon is more likely to be able to restrain the virulent right-wing of Israeli politics than his defeated Labor-party adversary Ehud Barak. Given the difficulty of putting together a governing coalition, Sharon's government, like Barak, may be short-lived...
...help the Europeans build missile shields of their own. But Europe showed little interest in buying into an at-this-point-hypothetical multibillion dollar system designed to counter a threat they don?t take nearly as seriously as the current administration in Washington. Europe's primary concern is to restrain the U.S. from an initiative that could restart the arms race with the Russians...
...five-minute period, airlines were scheduling 16 takeoffs at the very same time. LaGuardia Airport in New York City has become Exhibit A of airline excess. Although the facility can accommodate 75 flights an hour, at times there are more than 100 planes scheduled. Since airlines evidently cannot restrain themselves from overscheduling, demand could be rationed by the size of the fee that an airline pays an airport for each takeoff or landing. A slot at 5 p.m. at O'Hare should cost more than...
...even called the Bush-Cheney transition offices, and spoke with two very nice volunteers, both of whom assured us that they'd call us (subtext: We should really restrain ourselves from calling them). The actual response was, "We will be calling if we want an interview, but it will definitely take a few months, because we're starting with the highest offices and working our way down." After another round of questions, we were told that this process could actually take a year. Oh. Hmm. Well, we certainly hope all this kvetching hasn't hurt our chances...
...five-minute period, airlines were scheduling 16 takeoffs at the very same time. LaGuardia Airport in New York City has become Exhibit A of airline excess. Although the facility can accommodate 75 flights an hour, at times there are more than 100 planes scheduled. Since airlines evidently cannot restrain themselves from overscheduling, demand could be rationed by the size of the fee that an airline pays an airport for each takeoff or landing. A slot at 5 p.m. at O'Hare should cost more than...