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Rush called Alivan’s about the broken brooms, and Wedzik said he agreed to upgrade seven of them to the sturdier but more expensive Scarlet Falcon model for a reduced...

Author: By Julie M. Zauzmer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Club Quidditch Team Works Budget Magic | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

...from the park. Then they quickly build upward. "Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar!" No way. We rush to the window. They have continued night after night, beginning at 10 and continuing for 30 minutes. Each time I've lost faith, I've been wrong. Iranians are proving to be a sturdier lot than I have given them credit for, much mightier even than the formidable kootoole who stand in their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Watching The Lord of the Rings in Tehran | 6/25/2009 | See Source »

...Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says the nation would need more than 30 billion masks - 27 billion of the simple surgical kind, which can be worn safely for only about two hours before needing replacement, and 5 billion of the sturdier respirator variety, which also requires regular replacement - to protect all Americans adequately in the event of a serious epidemic. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Strategic National Stockpile currently contains only 119 million masks - 39 million surgical and 80 million respirator. That's less than 1% of the goal health officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Pandemic Fear: A Shortage of Surgical Masks | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...TALF plan helps in its own way. Though just getting started, it seems to have a chance at success, and thus gives the impression that the collaboration between the government and investors might work. Next to those two pillars, the once shaky "public-private investment fund" idea now seems sturdier and more likely to succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Geithner's Toxic-Asset Plan: Wall Street Finally Cheers | 3/23/2009 | See Source »

...Sturdier Seats Congress's Airport and Airway Safety Act of 1987 called for regulators to improve what is called the "crash-worthiness standard" of seats - in effect, the likelihood that they will crumple and crush passengers at impact. It took 17 years to accomplish the task, as the Federal Aviation Administration tussled with aircraft manufacturers and airlines that balked at paying for the upgraded seats. The FAA produced evidence that sturdier seats could have prevented 45 fatalities between 1984 and 1998. A deal was reached. In 2005, the FAA mandated that all U.S. aircraft built after October 2009 meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surviving Crashes: How Airlines Prepare for the Worst | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

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