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During yesterday’s interview, Summers also expressed his concern for international students unable to enter the United States under more stringent visa controls adopted in the wake of Sept...
Critics, however, believe even the best arguments for guns are not good enough. "Pilots should concentrate on flying the plane," says an airline executive. Safety experts have questioned whether marksmanship standards will be stringent enough. Says Michael Wascom, an industry spokesman: "There are just too many questions to be answered before we rush to put deadly weapons into pilots' hands." Many rank-and-file pilots agree, contending that other changes, such as improving the passenger-profiling system, would do more to boost security. But given the political head of steam, such arguments may already be moot...
...guarantees, many credit-strapped CEOs licked their chops in anticipation of yet another big, fat government handout. But this time, at least so far, Uncle Sam hasn't turned into Uncle Sugar. Trying to impose some much needed discipline on the free-spending flyers, the Stabilization Board has required stringent cost-cutting measures as a condition for its help--and hasn't been shy about turning down such requests, as it did with National and Spirit airlines last week and may soon do with United (though sources tell TIME the board has agreed to let United amend its application with...
...with TIME, Lula made it clear that if he becomes President, Bush's hemispheric trade plan may have to wait beyond its current 2005 deadline. "Latin America," he says, "has to quit treating the U.S. as an empire." Though Lula reluctantly said he would live up to the rather stringent terms of the IMF's loan if he is elected on Oct. 6, neither he nor second-ranked Ciro Gomes, the candidate of the Workers Front coalition, is regarded with much enthusiasm in Washington. A former metalworker known for probity, Lula insists he won't nix the capitalist reforms...
...Guardian, on charges that he intentionally published false information against the Zimbabwean government; in Harare. Meldrum reported a story that claimed a woman had been beheaded by supporters of the Zanu PF, Zimbabwe's ruling party. The police say the killing never took place. Meldrum is being prosecuted under stringent media laws designed to curb government criticism. ARRESTED. SAMUEL WAKSAL, 54, former CEO of ImClone Systems, the biotech company behind the experimental cancer drug Erbitux, on charges of illegal insider trading; in New York City. Waksal is accused of trying to unload his shares and telling two shareholders to sell...