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Franklin had been among the first to develop, 30 years earlier, the concept of a federal compromise, where both the national government and the state governments could have sovereign powers. And as the Constitutional Convention was about to break down in the hot Philadelphia summer of 1787, he set in motion the process that would break the impasse and, to a large extent, shape the new nation...
Wild guess: this was your first time working with Arnold. It was just so surreal to develop a relationship with him. I didn't know how to process him at first, because he's as iconic as one can possibly be. And he plays robots. Quite often. And very persuasively. So it was a bit jarring to realize that he was a guy, an actual human being...
...wasn't until the fall of the Soviet Union that cheap Russian ice vessels and their crews became available to tour operators, and Antarctic tourism could really begin to develop, with the 1990-91 season setting a then record of 4,698 shipborne arrivals. Some predict that by 2005 as many as 22,000 people annually will notch up a visit, all on hardy hulks like the Akademik Ioffe. Air travel is costly and almost impossible, due to Antarctica's furious climate, which plays more havoc with schedules than any who advisory could ever do. (The weather can delay flights...
...exorbitant prices to lease one of its engines, he took the case directly to Monti in Brussels, where it's still being examined. "They need to see they can't get away with it," he says. If people like Georg can prevail, a flourishing private sector for rail could develop in Europe. The question is whether it will be enough to reverse rail's long decline - or whether that train has already left the station...
...reduce strokes and heart attacks in diabetics. The need is growing: the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that more than 17 million Americans have diabetes, up 50% over the past decade. And it's only going to get worse; 1 in 3 children born in the U.S. will develop the disease, says the CDC. --By David Bjerklie