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...Harrison cites problems that foreseeable technology will not be able to overcome. "The aircraft will not be able to fly over populated land masses," Harrison says, "and it must be able to operate subsonic at takeoff, too [because of noise regulations...
...formidable force for influencing the U.N.'s expanding role in the post-cold war era. "At this stage in world history," Albright says, "practically every foreign-policy issue has something to do with the U.N. It puts me in the wonderful position of being there at the takeoff, during flight and at the landing." Plus the chance to drop a few rhetorical bombs along...
...takeoff on the T.V. show "The Newlywed Game," the event pits pairs of roommate against each other in a contest to see which rooming group knows each other best...
...program from extinction. If the manual attempt had failed, the three cosmonauts on board Mir would have had to abandon the craft and board an emergency re-entry vehicle. High jinks on the ground made their predicament far worse: underpaid ground-support technicians stole many of their edibles before takeoff, and the cosmonauts were subsisting on recycled wastewater and food two years past its expiration date. There were international cheers for the rescue mission, but it has also raised doubts among the partners who have joined with Russia for future space station development, including the U.S., Japan and the European...
...domestic Chinese airliner crashed just after takeoff near the tourist center of Xian, killing all 160 people aboard, in the country's worst aviation accident. A few hours later, a knife-wielding man forced a 737 to fly to Taiwan -- China's 12th hijacking in the past 14 months...