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Some predict the jokes will wear thin soon, while others call it "definitively depraved" (Tom Shales, the Washington Post ). (Download a clip from South Park here.)
Hackworth wrote in Newsweek , "It is simply unthinkable an experienced officer would wear decorations he is not entitled to, awards that others bled for.
But many more women wear a new version of pointedly Islamic costume.
The 737 inspections ordered by the FAA last week (which USAT alone led with on Friday) were apparently well warranted: 13 of the first 26 fuel main fuel pump wires checked showed wear on their insulation, says USAT . The WP is a little more reader-friendly about the actual number of planes involved: it says every one of the first 13 planes checked show some insulation chafing (the NYT , in its front-page story, says instead that this was true of a majority of the first 13 planes looked at), and that the grounding order affects 179 U.S. planes and 193 others worldwide.
The women were encouraged to wear the Actillume at all times with the exception of bathing and to carry on with her normal daily activities during the recording period.