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...have flown over Afghanistan or Iraq. That's because they were designed for long-range air-to-air duels with similarly advanced militaries. Fighters that might emerge in the future, probably flown by the Chinese, are the only prospective challengers the F-22's backers are able to cite, and President Obama believes that 187 of them are sufficient. He has pledged to use his first veto if next year's defense authorization bill contains funding for extra F-22s, knowing that losing this dogfight would doom Gates' effort to retool the Pentagon. "We do not need these planes," Obama...
...seen to offer new "rewards" - such as allowing the opening of diplomatic facilities or overflight rights for commercial aircraft - in return for Israel's simply complying with its obligations under the 2003 "road map" for peace. Each side seems to doubt the seriousness of the other, and each will cite the other's reluctance to move forward as a reason to hold back themselves...
...information obtained by the Guardian emerged during a court case in which Gordon Taylor, head of Britain's Professional Footballers' Association, sued the News of the World on the grounds that its management knew of an alleged hacking operation targeting his mobile phone. The Guardian does not cite a source but claims that News International paid $1.6 million in damages and legal costs to Taylor and two others involved in professional soccer. The newspaper also claims that clauses in the financial settlement prohibited those receiving money from discussing the cases...
...University of Illinois. As for paraplegics, "there is a big drop for those who became 100% disabled, meaning they can no longer do any work." In general, Diener noted, people do adapt to a major life change but not completely. "We have to be careful when we cite these studies," warned the genial researcher, who wore a smiley face T-shirt under his sport coat...
This effect can also occur when experiments are more open-ended. The authors cite a 1991 study in which participants were asked to recall either six or 12 examples of instances when they behaved assertively. "Paradoxically," the authors write, "those in the 12-example condition rated themselves as less assertive than did those in the six-example condition. Participants apparently inferred from their difficulty retrieving 12 examples that they must not be very assertive after...