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...sadness to her, a pensive, fragile air that reflects four bruising years in Washington and the bone-deep weariness that campaigning brings. She speaks of seeking a new balance in her life. "That's what I try to do every single day," she said, settling back into the leather seat of a limousine idling on the tarmac at the Sydney airport. "I hold my hands out and try to put one foot in front of the other. I'm big on balance...
...which bang open at speeds of up to 200 m.p.h., can be lethal as well. Since 1991, 51 victims--including 31 children--have been killed by air bags that slammed into them in low-speed crashes that might have been otherwise survivable. Many of the victims were not wearing seat belts. Among those particularly vulnerable: infants and small children placed in the front seat in rear-facing car seats that put small heads within inches of the onrushing bags...
...government to tell people it is O.K. to disconnect their air bags is a terrible idea that sends the wrong signal." Claybrook blames Washington and the car manufacturers for failing to instruct the public in basic matters such as never allowing small children to ride in front seats and wearing seat belts to make the air bags most effective...
Detroit, which for a decade fought air bags as being too expensive, now objects just as strenuously to disconnecting them. "The bottom line is that air bags in conjunction with seat belts save lives," says Chrysler spokesman Jason Vines. Concurs Lou Camp, the director of safety and engineering standards at Ford: "We believe that if the case for air bags is presented to customers properly, very few will choose to have them disconnected...
...ROSTENKOWSKI The Cook County machine is back: Dems recapture seat he lost following scandal...