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...Chicago to Washington. Almost from Day One, the talks threatened to break up over any one of the three most contentious issues: punitive damages, document disclosure and government oversight of tobacco products. The first signs of serious trouble struck April 21, when Manhattan attorney Herbert Wachtell, leading the squadron of tobacco-company lawyers, demanded, "There has to be an end to the vilification." When Harshbarger calmly responded that there would be no blanket immunity for tobacco interests, recalls a participant, "you could feel the air go out of the room...
...mixed-sex basic training. In the end, it may be best to let the generals and admirals, exploring unknown territory, figure it out for themselves. Speaking in her personal capacity, Captain Rosemary Mariner, the Navy's first woman tactical-jet pilot and the first female commander of an aviation squadron, suggests that the approach seems to have worked so far in her branch of the service. "When I came in 24 years ago, there was rampant sexual misconduct," she recalls. "Prosecutions were inconsistent and differed from command to command. But now the commanders are beginning to be more consistent...
...died at Khobar were there to protect Saudi Arabia from an external threat, not an internal one, yet that is what they fell victim to. On Thursday the bodies were flown back to the U.S. That same day, pilots from the 58th Fighter Squadron who lived in Building 131 returned home, having completed their normal 90-day tour of duty. "Their 90 days was up," said Major James Stratford. "They left. But some of them went home in coffins...
Many people--including some astronomers--are understandably nervous about putting a standby squadron of nuclear-tipped missiles in place. Hence the latest strategy, which in some cases would obviate the need for a nuclear defense: propelling a fusillade of cannonball-size steel spheres at an approaching asteroid. In a high-velocity encounter with a speeding NEO, explains Gregory Canavan, a senior scientist at Los Alamos, "the kinetic energy of the balls would change into heat energy and blow the thing apart...
DIED. ARLEIGH BURKE, 94, retired U.S.N. admiral; in Washington. During World War II, Burke's daring command of Destroyer Squadron 23 in the Pacific theater earned him a place in Navy textbooks--and the nickname "31-Knot Burke" for his emphasis on stealthy speed over simple firepower. In postwar Washington, he navigated the shoals of Pentagon politics, rising to Chief of Naval Operations for three terms. An entire class of destroyers bears his name...