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...prod top FAA officials to expedite the process of approving a new plane's design and flight results. Another is what Daugherty calls "peer pressure": company engineers seeking to impress FAA examiners with their expertise in order to nudge a project along a shade faster than might be wise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Debacle of the DC-10 | 6/18/1979 | See Source »

...maybe by 1990 we can have mass production of clean, comfortable, safe cars that average 50 or even 75 miles to the gallon. History is working for Adams' challenge. Enough people around Detroit remember Henry the First's caustic reminiscence in the 1920s. Said Ford: "All the wise people demonstrated conclusively that the new gas engine could not compete with steam...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Toward a Peanut Butter Car | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...succeeding and should be given the most attention. But the U.S. is not yet in a position where it can make the hard choice to ride with one and damn the others. Until the applications, costs and technologies of each alternative become better understood, the U.S. would be wise to examine all of them. That will require sharply increased Government funding, since most of the options are too long-term and high risk to gain financial backing in the open market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Energy: Fuels off the Future | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

...fourth game, Gainey banged Defenseman Dave Maloney, 22, into the boards near the Ranger goal, stole the puck and tied the score. The playoff-wise Canadiens coolly put the game away in the sudden-death overtime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Dynasty Spoils a Miracle | 6/4/1979 | See Source »

...Mitchell T. Rabkin '51, general director of Beth Israel Hospital and associate professor of Medicine, says, unlike most of his colleagues, that "the Saikewicz decision was a wise one." But he, too, feels that doctors read the ruling too strictly--that every time one wants to withhold treatment from incompetents, one must seek the court's approval. Rabkin feels this is not appropriate for a dying patient...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: A Matter of Life and Death: Who Should 'Pull The Plug'? | 5/29/1979 | See Source »

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