Word: attacker
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...next-day-delivery services vulnerable to terrorist attack? A former courier for Federal Express thinks so and claims that he was dismissed when he tried to warn the company. Max Cornelssen, 49, notes that when shippers use commercial flights, packages receive insufficient inspection before being dispatched. He fears that hidden explosive devices could wreak destruction on the U.S. commercial fleet. When Cornelssen submitted a plan for package inspections, he was put on suspension and later fired. FedEx says the dismissal was for unrelated violations of policy. The company's security chief points out that only about...
Such mental fatigue can be as threatening as a heart attack. Recent evidence indicates that drowsiness is a leading cause of traffic fatalities and industrial mishaps. "Human error causes between 60% and 90% of all workplace accidents, depending on the type of job," observes biological psychologist David Dinges of the University of Pennsylvania. "And inadequate sleep is a major factor in human error, at least as important as drugs, alcohol and equipment failure." Other research suggests that sleep loss contributes to everything from drug abuse to poor grades in school...
...plans for the Persian Gulf. Last week Vice Admiral Richard C. Gentz, head of the Naval Air Systems Command, became another casualty. He was sacked because he was in charge of an oversight system that failed to alert the Pentagon to problems in the Navy's A-12 attack-bomber program. That led Cheney to assure Congress in April that the plane was on schedule and on budget. In fact, the development turned out to be 18 months behind and $1.3 billion over its estimated cost of $4.38 billion...
While Soviets of all political persuasions agree on the need to curb the country's soaring crime rate and to attack the burgeoning black market, Gorbachev's new embrace of the military and KGB has particularly alarmed ^ radical reformers. "Gorbachev is willing to use any source he can find right now to help him regain the power he has lost," says Andranik Migranyan, a Moscow political scientist. "But if he allows the right to consolidate, he will only create more serious obstacles in the path leading to democracy and a market economy...
...Saddam Hussein, the hostage card proved recyclable last week. When he first made captives of thousands of foreigners trapped in Iraq and in occupied Kuwait, he reckoned he was reducing the chances of an attack against himself. He was wrong. When he promised to send all the hostages home last week, he made the same calculation. This time he may have got it right...