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...military planes claims that simpler civilian versions would cost just $80,000 per plane. Some inerting gases, however, are potentially lethal: they reduce one danger to passengers but increase another. Cautioned Boeing's chief fuel-system engineer, Ivor Thomas: "We would much prefer to be slow and careful and correct than to rush into something where we find six months later it was the wrong thing...
...allow for any other possible motivation. Everyone who voted "yes" is automatically branded as a supporter of greedy capitalism and an enemy of human rights. The condescension here is clear: Crimson editors set themselves up as the enlightened ones, having the right to judge their peers from their politically correct vantage point. Such an attitude is not only insulting, it is also inappropriate. I know where my conscience is, and so do most Harvard students regardless of whether they voted...
...looked out my window and the mountains were gone." Likewise, actors Mary Steenburgen and Ted Danson, president of the American Oceans Campaign, replaced their Ford Explorer out of concern for coastal oil pollution. Now, after six months of driving an EV1, Danson says, "It's sweet to be environmentally correct--violins and all that! What sends me over the edge is how fast and smart this...
...bullet. Lincoln believed that when a people have suffered under a tyrant for a long time, all legal and peaceful means to oust him have been exhausted and prospects for his early departure are grim, then the people have a right to remove him by drastic means. McAllister is correct: this is not a job for Americans to undertake, but we should have no moral qualms about providing financial inducements or technical assistance to others. ERNEST W. LEFEVER, Senior Fellow Ethics and Public Policy Center Washington...
...importance of the study, which showed that in men and women with normal and near normal cholesterol levels, treatment with Mevacor reduced the incidence of first coronary events such as heart attack or unstable angina 36%. Unfortunately, the article incorrectly cited the generic name of Mevacor as pravastatin. The correct generic name is lovastatin. JOHN BLOOMFIELD, Director, Public Affairs Merck & Co., Inc. West Point...