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They didn't know how easy it was to crisscross the thin metal rods. But the Air Force knew: in 1986 and 1991 mechanics at other bases had made the same error. Their F-15 pilots were saved from certain death only because an alert ground crew and one pilot noted the flaps weren't moving properly before takeoff. But as Major Donald Lowry Jr., 36, prepared to fly on May 30, 1995, no one noticed the snafu. So Lowry's plane, instead of being lifted into the sky that Memorial Day morning, was pushed into the runway and disintegrated...
Such failures mean that the CPI overstates inflation approximately 1 percentage point. "A similar error in navigation," says Moynihan, "would send your plane to the South Pacific instead of Seattle." Even so, how big is 1%? Plenty big. The CPI now rises at somewhat under 3% a year. Take off 1 point, and you cut a third. And that would mean the adjustment in the average monthly Social Security benefit of $698 would be $13.96 instead of $20.94, a loss of about $7. That hardly seems harsh, but it adds up. That fix, along with companion reductions in other programs...
From the Voter News Service exit poll of 16,338 participants. Margin of error is plus or minus...
...short, my old man is a one-man national sample without a margin for error, the ultimate swing voter who always veers in the popular direction. He's a die-hard Democrat, a Main Street Republican, an ornery independent, a Reagan Democrat, a Rockefeller Republican. He is the one voter every pollster, every ad maker, every candidate seeks to speak to--John Q. Public...
...here's the poll result you've been waiting for--and it's free, at least until we open Stengel & Son, Pollsters Inc. The survey was conducted by telephone on Nov. 2 among one adult registered American voter, age 18 or older. The margin of error is plus or minus 0%. So, Bob Dole? "You know I like Bob Dole," my father says. "I think I like him better in the Senate than as a presidential candidate." Perot? "Too nutty." Clinton? "He's talking about education--that's the only way to make this country great." Dad, if the election...