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Experience indicates otherwise. Pan Am Chairman Thomas Plaskett placed advertisements in U.S. newspapers to complain that Pan Am and other U.S. airlines are losing business overseas as travelers switch to the less security-conscious foreign carriers. Richard Lally, vice president for security at the industry's Air Transport Association, said that such rules in the U.S. would have a "disruptive impact on air travel." Yet superscreening may be appropriate when there are specific, credible terrorist threats...
CFCs, used as refrigerants and solvents, are believed to be destroying the planet's ozone layer, and President Bush has joined in a worldwide call for a sharp cut in their use. But by refusing to supply additional funds to help Third World countries switch to substitutes, the U.S. would make reductions difficult. The White House argues that the money should come from existing World Bank funds and not from new contributions -- but also admits that the World Bank does not have the extra money available...
...electric chair is supposed to be a quick and humane way to put a criminal to death. But when the executioner at the Florida State Prison threw the switch on cop killer Jessie Tafero two weeks ago, it seemed anything but. To the horror of spectators, fire and smoke shot out from the headpiece strapped to Tafero's skull. He nodded and gurgled for four minutes as his eyebrows burned and ashes fell from his head to his shoulders. The 2,000-volt current had to be turned off twice to keep the whole metal-and-leather headgear from bursting...
...keep itchy fingers off those dials, the network is leavening its offerings with lighter fare. News attracts a sizable cadre of thirtysomethings, but many of them switch off their sets when Eine Kleine Nachtmusik begins. Increasingly, the network is promoting what Peter Pennekamp, a programming vice president, calls "culture with a small...
...only a few days ago, President Derek C. Bok announced that the Harvard Gazette, the University's weekly newsletter, will be printed on recycled paper. Gazette officials estimate that the switch will cost them an additional seven to 10 percent in production costs...