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Likewise, requiring passengers to remain seated for the last hour of the flight has little apparent safety value. "I've discussed that with many people within the aviation-security field. Nobody for the life of them can figure out what that would accomplish," says Douglas Laird, president of the international aviation-security consulting firm Laird & Associates and former security director for Northwest Airlines. A lengthy transatlantic flight would provide ample opportunity to set up and detonate an explosive device; limiting passengers' movements in the final 60 minutes, Laird says, is "just a symbolic gesture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Air Security Rules: Are We Any Safer? | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

While these plans had their supporters and detractors, little can be accomplished by dwelling on what they envisioned for the distant future and may never accomplish. Instead of debating what might have been, Harvard has an opportunity—and perhaps an obligation to itself and its neighbors—to chart a new and bold course for its future in Allston and Brighton. “Bold” may not be a favored word in the Harvard lexicon these days, but there is an important difference between being bold and being reckless. Timidity and fear create stasis...

Author: By HARRY E. MATTISON | Title: Harvard’s Allston Opportunity | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

Tiger Woods cannot expect the world to record his every putt and fist pump on the golf course yet turn its head when problems arise. For someone who offers life advice to children, who aims to accomplish things in golf that no one has before, and who has the most recognizable face in sports, his personal actions and transgressions are vitally important. If he intends for fans to donate to his foundation and buy clothes from his personal line of golf apparel, he must act in appropriate ways in all aspects of his life...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tiger Trap | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...team was ready for this meet,” Harvard coach Stephanie Morawski said. “We definitely knew what we wanted to do and what we wanted to accomplish. Sometimes a home meet is fantastic, and sometimes it is distracting. [The team] swam with a lot of heart and they swam smart...

Author: By Erika T. Butler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Continues Winning Ways | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...political ramifications of a bill that clearly enjoyed their visceral support. In any event, intense industry pressure convinced lawmakers to abandon the effort and left them trying to explain that, while they favored lower rates, they weren’t sure that caps were the way to accomplish that...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: House of Cards | 11/20/2009 | See Source »

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