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Since that disaster?and a few other ones caused by pilots' ignoring the warnings of their instrument panels?the FAA and the airlines have worked hard to toughen up the discipline. Most aviation experts believe the efforts have produced good results...
Still, the position of mayor of Paris will carry enormous prestige. Chirac's victory and the leftist surge are expected to toughen Giscard's style. "He will have to be more like De Gaulle, more authoritative," said one of his ministers. "Now that the election has identified the opponent on the left, Giscard will have to commit himself to the fight." To meet the leftist threat, Giscard will probably have to join forces with Chirac-though it remains to be seen just how much unity they will be able to achieve...
Hill Hawks. In an interview last week with TIME Correspondent Christopher Ogden, Warnke look pains to toughen up his image as an arms negotiator. He stressed that in the SALT negotiations he would Iry "to reduce the nuclear armaments on both sides in a fashion which preserves stability rather than adding any element of instability. It requires that you do not allow a situation to develop in which the Soviets acquire any sort of superiority over us." Said he: "As long as we preserve our deterrent, there will be no nuclear war. [That means] you've got to have...
...ventured beyond light lyric roles into the deeper waters of dramatic Verdi. It is a step wise lyric tenors do not take until they are 40 or so (Pavarotti is 41), for fear of damaging the vocal cords. At that age, the voice usually begins to darken and toughen. Pavarotti's voice is still lighter than one is used to in this music, but he made the adjustment skillfully and convincingly...
John McAdams, another teaching fellow, said that he has graded students "by the standards which seemed to prevail in the department" but that he is "quite amenable to Mansfield's efforts to toughen...