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...answer to thriving in a terrorist world is one part Bethune, one part Hamel. The Bethune part is simple: stick to basic values (eg. the customer comes first, baggage handlers deserve the same respect as the chief financial officer, no profits are worth damage to the environment, etc.) and demonstrate them (forego a chunk, if not all, of your multi-million dollar compensation when you have to lay off thousands of employees...
Schneider’s work above all asks a question of form: in what terms should we understand the parts that make up our own bodies? The children’s hands immediately call to mind the answers children themselves often give. Most basic is an outline, as those that are found in children’s coloring books. More complex is the practice of fingerpainting, which captures more of the hand’s individuality: its lines, its valleys and its asymmetry. Yet like the outline, the imprint is still a static representation, freezing a child?...
...should remember, a long season. And while the Harvard hockey legions may have visions of regular season titles and NCAA tournament bids dancing through their heads, the even-keeled Crothers has a much more basic goal in mind...
While we are disappointed that the bill passed by the House does not provide a strong federal role in airport security, we are glad that the basic security provisions outlined in the Senate plan have passed unchanged, such as requiring mandatory screening of checked luggage and providing for reinforced cockpit doors. Other reforms made in the bill are less necessary, such as allowing armed air marshals on flights and permitting pilots to carry guns under certain conditions. But at this point, Congress should focus on preparing an effective airport security bill for the president’s signature as soon...
...Given the sluggish pace at which American airports have implemented even the most basic security improvements, it seems highly unlikely the American traveling public will be confronted with such space-age technology anytime in the near future. We can, however, hope (and lobby) for a more comprehensive airport security system - one which does not compromise safety in the name of the bottom line...