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...bomber crashed in September on a simulated bombing run over Colorado, killing three of its six crewmen, there were fears that the plane, at a total program cost of $27 billion, could not perform its core mission of low-level attack. Designed to foil enemy radar by sweeping across terrain from as low as 200 feet above ground, the B-1B had crashed, said investigators, after colliding with a flock of large birds...
...East terrorists or civil war, as was once feared, but because of its own political . follies and foibles. Describing the everyday struggle of Italians to get driver's licenses, business permits, papers to prove car or home ownership, tax reimbursements and the like, he says, "We're on the terrain of bureaucratic sadism...
...More than seven months have passed since the Consumer Product Safety Commission declared that all-terrain vehicles -- off-road buggies with three big wheels -- "pose an imminent and unreasonable risk of death or severe personal injury." The commission asked the Justice Department to require extensive warnings and free training for ATV owners and a refund program for those wishing to return their vehicles, but the department has yet to file its case. Last week a House committee called the department's delay "baffling and unconscionable...
Meanwhile, the toll rises. ATVs, which critics contend can flip over on rugged terrain, account for an estimated 20 deaths a month. Manufacturers, which include Honda and Yamaha, maintain that ATVs are safe if ridden properly...
When the Harvard field hockey coaches began recruiting for the 1984-'85 campaign, all eyes focused on Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania terrain. There, this year's tri-captains were grooming their talents in their final years of high school athletics...