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...tanks and nearly 1,500 machine guns; Israel was handed 15 F-15 fighters and 16 CH-53 helicopters; Mexico took in 48,178 M-1 carbines. Greece and its nemesis Turkey -- both U.S. allies that already fly F-16s -- received freebies as well. Athens took in a fleet of 80 A-7 and F-4 warplanes, 671 M-60 tanks and a guided-missile destroyer; Ankara received 28 AH-1 helicopter gunships, 822 M-60 tanks and 72 self-propelled howitzers. Strangely, few of the beneficiaries of the largesse take advantage of the chance to view the gear before...
...NASA has two programs that sponsor upper atmosphere research," Wesoky says. "We are funding studies to understand the effects of chlorofluoro carbons [CFCs] on the Antarctic ozone layer as well as studies to understand the impact of a fleet of supersonic aircraft on ozone depletion...
Supersonic aircraft, which currently include the Concorde and some military planes, produce these nitrogen radicals in their engines. "Estimates show that a 50 percent increase in nitrogen radicals [in the lower ozone layer] is expected from a fleet of supersonic aircraft," Wennberg says...
...company's postmodern Manhattan headquarters, designed for AT&T by architect Philip Johnson, the sushi bar in a private corporate dining room had a tiny stream running through its marble counter. The $100 million makeover of Sony's Culver City studio lot included pillars adorned with elaborate murals. A fleet of corporate jets sat in the hangar, and fresh cut flowers were delivered daily to executives. The corporate culture seemed to say that to pamper is to prosper...
...latest development in the "War of the Waleses"--or "War of the Windsors," whichever you prefer--Maj. James Hewitt reveals that he "did it with Di" (in Time's elegant phrasing). Charles, ever-ready to retaliate in the Fleet Street mud-sling, contends that he never loved Diana, and felt forced to marry her by his overbearing, emotionally-traumatizing father and aloof mother...