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...each aircraft might be only $70 million, these planes are assigned the entire sunk cost and are now “$5 billion aircraft.” Critics then point to this aircraft as an example of wasted money and time and use it as a way to torpedo other programs before they can cause such awful “waste.” This is a matter of interpretation and shortsightedness by Congress...
...advance as possible (the Avenger once had a relative badger him on Thanksgiving Day about his itinerary for next Thanksgiving). But while buying tickets early may save you money, it also opens the door to unexpected screw-ups - as when airlines make sudden schedule adjustments that torpedo your plans. One New York family found this out the hard...
...millions of tourist dollars and left an estimated 100,000 passengers stranded. The PAD has been protesting since May, when the government announced it would begin amending the constitution. The protesters and other critics of the government claim it intends to change the charter in ways that would torpedo the cases against it, and also cases and convictions against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra...
...withdraw by the end of 2011. The Sunni Tawafuk bloc also gave it the nod, after securing concessions on its demands for an amnesty for detainees in U.S custody, and for the holding of a referendum on the security pact next July. A ?no' vote in that referendum could torpedo the deal, and give Washington one year's notice to leave, effectively bringing forward the U.S withdrawal date to the middle...
...model of Sens. Olympia J. Snowe or Susan M. Collins, might be looked to as swing votes instead of Lieberman. Occasionally courting these two socially liberal, fiscally conservative New England Republicans seems far preferable than having to pander to Lieberman just months after he traveled the country trying to torpedo his party’s chances. Given the crises that face America at the moment, it seems only logical that this new wave of Democrats would want to face them as a unified party. But this should also be a time of hope and change, of a new Washington...