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Boeing launched its new 777 jet with a supersonic deal last week when United Airlines became the first customer for the advanced twin-engine plane. In the largest purchase of commercial aircraft ever, United placed $22 billion worth of orders and options on 128 Boeing jets, including 68 777s. The deal will enable Boeing to mount full-scale production of its first new jetliner since it began selling its 757 and 767 models...
Murray began his research on organ transplantation during his residency atBrigham Hospital, and on December 23, 1954,performed the first successful transplantation ofa kidney from one identical twin, Ronald Herrick,into his brother Richard Herrick...
After several years of animal experimentation,Murray performed the first successful kidneytransplant from one identical twin to another onDecember 23, 1954. He then performed a string ofsuccessful transplantations over the next severalyears, leading up to transplants of kidneys fromunrelated cadavers or living relatives...
...airline industry is struggling to maintain altitude under the twin burdens of a slumping economy and rising fuel prices. Prognosis: some of the weak carriers may fail. Eastern, already in bankruptcy, is losing $1.5 million a day, about 50% more than a few months ago. A prime reason for the accelerating losses, says Eastern trustee Martin Shugrue, is the rise of jet-fuel prices. The airline pays 96 cents per gal., up from 56 cents before Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Last week Shugrue urged President Bush to form a task force to find ways to bring oil prices under...
...coup is a chat with a former Hart paramour, described as a moderately attractive, 47-year-old divorcee. A patient, ardent suitor, Hart planned intimate dinners and romantic field trips to such venues as the Lincoln Memorial. In romance as well as politics, Hart seems like an escapee from Twin Peaks: once, he headed for the shower and handed the woman a biography of Thomas Jefferson. "Skim this," he told her. "We'll discuss it when I get out." When Hart finally got beyond talking, his interest quickly flagged. After a single night with the woman he bolted, never...