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...N93119, which he has flown about 60 times during the past 10 years, did not seem to have any. Indeed, there are only minor infractions on its Federal Aviation Administration record: a blown tire on takeoff in 1987 and a leaky oil line that resulted in an engine shutdown in 1988. And thus, at 8:02 p.m. on Wednesday, N93119 left the gate and taxied toward the runway. A few minutes later it would be in the air, flying eastward over the narrow, ragged strip of Long Island on the way to Europe...
...popular browser, into an unrecoverable crash--and added grist to the Microsoft-wants-to-rule-the-world mill. Instead of seeing Slate's snappy commentary on politics and culture (excerpts of which also appear in TIME), Netscape 1.0 viewers were treated to a page of gibberish followed by a shutdown. Was the snafu a sign of incompetence, or was it, as conspiracy buffs asked, a glimpse of a Microsoft plan to destroy Netscape...
...Bozzotto, who described both himself and his union as "confrontational," said he was anticipating a strike. In fact, union leaders were so sure that a shutdown was on the way that they had already given picketing and civil disobedience assignments to workers in the union for the day after negotiations...
Even before these contretemps, Dole had doubts about Engler's judgment after the Governor helped talk Speaker Newt Gingrich into a government shutdown during the budget talks, a move from which the party has yet to recover. Outgoing, Catholic and an excellent campaigner, Engler avoided the draft because he was categorized I-Y for being 2 lbs. overweight in one exam and 10 lbs. in another. Even so, Michigan remains so vital to Dole that he recently auditioned Engler; the Senator and the Governor made joint TV appearances, conveyed by satellite so that Dole could rate Engler's performance...
...September. The same Moscow summit produced agreement on joint efforts to contain trafficking in nuclear materials. "Today we took yet another step back from the nuclear precipice," said the President. But environmental groups sharply criticized the summit for its failure to deal with a score of issues, including the shutdown of aging, Soviet-designed nuclear reactors. Meanwhile Russia reaffirmed its decision to sell nuclear-energy technology to Iran despite the Administration's protests...