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...genes that trigger the human immune response and resulting organ rejection. If a strain of pig is developed that lacks these genes, scientists believe that they could harvest their vital organs, such as the heart and lungs, and use them successfully in human patients. Such a process could shorten the wait for organ transplants, saving human lives. There are currently almost 80,000 people in need of organs for transplant in the U.S., according to the United Network for Organ Sharing...
...this spring began requiring operators to replace the engine shrouds on the engines. That action followed one in September, 2000, when the FAA issued an emergency directive to shorten inspection intervals for the CF6. The order had been prompted by a troubling incident two months earlier. A Varig Airlines 767 had to abort a takeoff after one of its CF6 engines had what is called an 'uncontained' failure, in which the engine partially disintegrated and metal flew out of the engine's casing. According to reports, there have been 61 uncontained low-pressure turbine failures with CF6 engines since...
...supplies, and have spoken of laying siege to the city through the winter and renewing the offensive next spring. But with little to show for its Pakistan-backed efforts to lure Taliban defectors and forge an anti-Taliban Pashtun coalition in the south, the U.S. has moved to shorten the Alliance's timeline on both fronts. Realistically, however, the stronger push will come at Mazar-i-Sharif, where the opposition forces have a far better chance of prevailing than they do in Kabul, right now. (And, of course, even though Pakistan hasn't managed to deliver a Taliban breakaway...
Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has a slightly different way of solving the current crisis. Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told a European Union delegation last week that the war on terrorism should be linked to a peace settlement between Palestinians and Israel. That, he said, would shorten the campaign against terrorism to three years instead of 10. The prince admitted, however, that many Saudis had gone off to the other side. The Shehhi tribe of the impoverished southwestern province of Asir had provided some of the 10,000 fighters in the Afghan war against the Soviets. Many remained...
...walked to work as usual. What else were they going to do? Quit? Not likely. Similar pluck will mark the national economy. Sure, there will be economic tremors from the terrorist attacks. But the likely net effect--purely in economic terms--will be to hurry up and shorten a slowdown already in place and bring a quick end to the bear market that has gripped Wall Street since the Dow peaked in January...