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...when they were not. According to sources close to the investigation, the inquiry was widened recently after federal investigators suspected that more planes had not been properly checked. There has been no suggestion that the plane that crashed last week was part of any investigation. But the question remains: Was there some problem with the plane, particularly its horizontal stabilizer, that the airline should have caught...
Almost as disturbing as the lives lost was the question of whether the crash was avoidable. Alaska Airlines has a remarkable safety record, despite landing in some of the most hazardous conditions in the world. This was its first major accident in decades. But it is also facing possible fines for alleged maintenance violations, and it is the subject of a federal grand jury investigation. The crash comes at a time when federal officials have been getting tougher with airlines over alleged safety lapses--and becoming more willing to bring criminal charges. As investigators look into the causes...
...late last week campaign strategists were still pondering how to use it. "It's certainly an issue that will surface before the March 7 primary," says a senior adviser. Gore is undoubtedly a convert, but in a year when voters are looking for authenticity in their candidates' motivations, the question could be whether he is a true believer as well...
These are the facts. Yes, there is research into spinal-cord regeneration and, occasionally, there are some positive results in animal models. But the research is preliminary, at best suggestive. There remain enormous scientific obstacles even beyond the extremely problematic question of getting the neurons to regrow. Yes, this research will bear fruit one day. Unhappily, it is overwhelmingly likely that this day lies many years in the future...
Perhaps the soul searching in the towns of Hazleton and Shenandoah is one of them. The man knows his vow of poverty, his itinerant ways and his Jesus robes have provoked some quiet scorn and loud questions. But he is determined to channel this curiosity into introspection. Even the name he gives is a question: "What's Your Name?" It is, he says, the question Moses asked God at the burning bush. He says he wants people to reflect on "the deep mystery of [God's] name and the union between his name and our names." Personal queries are parried...