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Even without a sleep disorder, experts say there are many reasons why one or both of the Northwest pilots might have nodded off. Bill Voss, president of the Flight Safety Foundation, a nonprofit group working to lower aviation accidents, says modern aircraft give flight crews very little to do during the straight-and-level portions of flight. "The aircraft is on autopilot, the flight plan's programmed in, one pilot says hello and goodbye to a controller every 10 to 15 minutes, and there's not a lot else going on," says Voss, who added that the crew's claim...
...Three later films - The Marriage of Maria Braun, Veronika Voss and Lola - by the dissolute genius of German cinema, who died in 1982 at age 37. The films make an indispensable trilogy that charts the history of postwar Germany in terms set by the vivid melodramas that Fassbinder adored. (BRD stands for Bundesrepublik Deutschland - German for West Germany.) Among the more than three hours of documentaries and specially produced features on disc four are exceptionally lucid interviews with Fassbinder's three stars, Hanna Schygulla, Rosel Zech and Barbara Sukowa. The audio commentary on Maria Braun is by director Wim Wenders...
...more or less stationary Saddam. What the world truly needs is a strategy that fights hatred and nations' inferiority complexes through confidence-building measures in the fields of politics, economics and culture. That way the U.S. would acquire friends, and bin Laden would lose them. Karl Ulrich Voss Burscheid, Germany...
...Pagan and the banks of the Irrawaddy River, the resort is a shady oasis of fragrant flowering trees and rustic guesthouses, which blend with their sacred surroundings. Built in the wake of the government's 1996 Visit Myanmar Year campaign, the resort is run by the enigmatic Juergen Dieter Voss, who, with 17 other successful international hotels under his belt, has chosen to settle in the remote backwaters of Pagan. "I fell in love with the people," he says. "I couldn't leave...
...Gawdawpalin Pagoda, or between dips stroll through the garden to visit a pair of 11th century temples, one of which houses a well-tended golden Buddha. It's a place to get away from it all, literally. "It would be easier to take tea with the Queen," says Voss, "than to get a phone call through to Pagan." For reservations, don't ring, but e-mail baganhotel@myanmars.net...