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...Hannah Montana flick is in the works). They appear on shows like Disney-owned abc's Dancing with the Stars. Cyrus is "really talented," says tween guru and S-Curve Records CEO Steve Greenberg, but also "she really has every arm of a gigantic corporation working at full tilt in an incredibly sophisticated and coordinated fashion toward her success...
After investing $20 billion over 25 years and losing 30 lives in the development of the controversial V-22 tilt-rotor aircraft, known as the Osprey, the U.S. military might like to think that its long-awaited combat debut would go relatively smoothly. But even as 10 Marine V-22s have just arrived in Iraq, the Air Force - which is buying V-22s for special operations missions - has decided the gun on the Marines' version isn't good enough for an aircraft expressly designed to ferry troops into hot landing zones...
...reasons, and then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, also citing cost, failed to kill it over objections from Congress - and the Marines. The V-22, built by Bell Helicopter and the Boeing Co., was deemed ideal for carrying troops because it can take off and land like a helicopter, then tilt its engines and rotors forward to fly like a turboprop airplane. After three fatal crashes, numerous delays and compromises that some inside the military believe endanger those on board, the 10 V-22s are finally based at al Asad air base in western Iraq (the Marines have clamped down...
Harvard welcomes the Patriot League leaders to Cambridge tomorrow for the first of three straight home dates and its last non-conference tilt of the year. Traditionally, the Crimson owns the series with Lafayette, with a 9-2 head-to-head mark and a six-game winning streak dating back...
...battlefield. Since 1971, more than a third of Harriers have crashed, killing 45 Marines in 143 accidents. But there's a critical difference between the two warplanes. Each Harrier carries a single pilot, nestled into an ejection seat with a parachute. But after all the debate about tilt-rotor technology - after all the vested interests have argued their case and all its boosters and critics have had their say - this much we know: within days, a V-22 will begin carrying up to 26 Marines into combat in Iraq, with no ejection seats - and no parachutes...