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...costly devices ($2 million or more per plane) require a web of wires from each seat to central computers, which generate a lot of heat. The question is whether the system--approved by the Federal Aviation Administration but installed only aboard Swissair jets--could have generated enough heat to trigger the disaster. Salvage crews have pulled up evidence of heat damage above the ceiling that straddles the cockpit and first-class cabin, which is where the heart of the in-flight-entertainment system was housed. Each unit uses Microsoft Windows NT software, with a powerful Pentium processor at each seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Deadly Games? | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

Shots on goal for the match were relativelyeven, with Princeton taking eight to Harvard'ssix. Only three Harvard players were able to pullthe trigger, however. Petruccelli led the Crimsonwith three shots, Chijioke tallied two and juniorChris Rollins fired once...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Princeton Tackles M. Soccer | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...Stang tears into him: "Are we going to impanel a jury to inquire after just what kind of hate this degenerate had running around inside his head? And after we identify all the warped, deviant varietals of hatred...ask the jury which kind of hate made him pull the trigger? Not in my courtroom. Not if I can help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laws of the Last Resort | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...detailed explanation for the loading of the semi-automatic handguns. He shows us how to hold the gun (both thumbs to the side of the handle) so that we don't get a chunk taken out of our thumb by the slide and how to fire it--"squeeze the trigger, don't pull." He's good at his job: patient even when repeatedly reminding us not to point our guns...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: Shooting the Breeze | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...nerves, ear-muffs and all, to have your fumbling attempts to shove bullets into an unwieldy cartridge punctuated by rapid fire. It is even more heart-pounding to raise the loaded weapon, lower the safety, point and shoot. It's hard to know just how far to squeeze the trigger before the gun will fire, spitting flame with a rough bark and jerking back violently...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: Shooting the Breeze | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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