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...dinner last Wednesday, a text message flashed on the President's cell phone warning that an air force general had sold out for $600,000 and joined the coup plotters. The report was wrong; the general was sitting across the table from Arroyo, and they both laughed. But unless the President starts mending ties with the military and her political opposition, the next warning to flash on her cell phone could be real...
...write a gossip column," Walls said. "I wouldn't print something unless I had a reliable source...
...next few days, and the routine-maintenance closings by power-plant managers getting ready for the real busy season this summer, which have exacerbated the current shortages, will only be temporary. But when air-conditioning season hits the Golden State in earnest, there'll be no escaping the blackouts unless folks make an unprecedented effort to cut back on the juice. (Blackouts...
Leahy counters that "unless Boeing has discovered some new law of physics, this plane will consume more fuel, be heavier and have higher operating costs." But Boeing has a head start. It plans to use the powerful engines it developed for the popular 777. "Boeing already has a track record on the propulsion plan," says analyst Pietro. "The tough part will be the aerodynamics. If Boeing gets that right, it will probably be able to hold the trip costs constant...
...show is built for suspense, and those who watch each week do so because they can be secure in the knowledge that they're not trying to outguess some over-appreciated TV writer with clichés for brains - this stuff unfolds like a live-on-tape sporting event (unless you believe the lawsuits) and all CBS can do is edit it to look like fictional television. Which it does very skillfully, even when there's no action whatsoever to work with...