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...rest home outside Moscow, rumors that he continues to suffer a heart ailment persist. But for today, anyway, the Russian president was in full campaign mode, reminding Russians to get out and vote. A high voter turnout, which in many areas ran between 60 and 65 percent, was considered vital for Yeltsin's reelection. A smaller turnout would have helped Zyuganov, who has a stronger, more dedicated pool of supporters. Even Yeltsin's own advisers feared that Zyuganov could win if less than 60 percent of Russia's 106 million voters showed up at the polls. But Yeltsin...
...would a seemingly vital federal agency be so unprepared? For one thing, the FAA is financially strapped, and has lost 5,000 employees since 1993. It has a constant shortage of inspectors, and rather than inspecting, they must devote increasing amounts of time to clerical tasks. Moreover, the agency continues to assign inspectors according to the size of an airline rather than the number of subcontractors it uses. The agency says it will change the way it monitors outsourcing, requiring stricter supervision and compliance in the future. "The regulatory climate is going to be quite changed," says John Strong...
Most of these facts are in books, but it's a joy to see the evidence come to life, both in the rare, thrilling clips and in interviews with film veterans, still vital, still proud. Simon Feldman, the Russian techno-wizard who worked on Napoleon, was 103 when Brownlow found him. Feldman caresses photos from the film as if they held the secret of eternal youth...
Board players revel in the notion that they are in the know. They note that the boards are often filled with such vital information as strategic plans, growth projections, competitive analysis and sophisticated discussion of new products. In the Intel folder, contributors regularly discuss dram pricing and its likely impact on the stock price, while in the Merck board, doctors have weighed in with their views of Fosamax, the company's new osteoporosis drug. "It's the kind of concrete information Wall Street used to have a monopoly on because they were the only ones with the money to perform...
Panayotou says balancing short-and long-term success is of vital importance in environmental cleanup efforts. In the nations in which the greatest harm to the environment has been done, it is often not economically feasible to repair all of the damage immediately...