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...accidents extensively and ran hundreds of tests in sealed chambers to see if the control module - the heart of any modern power train because it dictates how much fuel the engine burns by microseconds - can be influenced by an electromagnetic pulse such as an electrical line or even a stray cell-phone signal. But the tests, the company said, turned up nothing. (See the Toyota Venza in the most exciting cars...
...also known as leashes; they allow "three full feet of freedom for both you and your child") and Baby Kneepads (as if babies don't come prepadded). The mayor of a Connecticut town agreed to chop down three hickory trees on one block after a woman worried that a stray nut might drop into her new swimming pool, where her nut-allergic grandson occasionally swam. A Texas school required parents wanting to help with the second-grade holiday party to have a background check first. Schools auctioned off the right to cut the carpool line and drop a child directly...
...pilot" whose "extraordinary concentration" helped save the lives of 150 passengers and five crew members after his Airbus A320 struck a flock of Canada geese and lost thrust in both engines. In the aftermath of the averted tragedy, Sully became a national hero, feted by all but a few stray critics carping over his inevitable book deal and talk-show victory lap. Langewiesche isn't one of those - but he does intend to spread the praise around. (Read Chuck Yeager's TIME 100 bio of Sullenberger...
...sweltering summer day in Portugal, a starving dog placed its head softly atop Illiana C. Quimbaya’s ’05 outstretched foot. The dog’s trust seemed remarkably absolute, she says—especially in light of the frequent mistreatment of stray animals she had witnessed on her trip...
...last week of October, Secretary Clinton moved squarely to the center of the world stage, attempting, at the behest of her special envoys, to improve the rocky alliance with Pakistan and nudge the Middle East pugilists into talks. In the course of the trip, there were the first stray wisps of a hint that Clinton wanted to begin asserting her independence, as the Administration, facing roadblocks across the world, struggled for a firmer foreign policy tone after an opening nine months that might be called the Rodney King - "Can't we all just get along?" - phase...