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She said researchers and government agencies have done a number of studies showing “that contaminant levels on aircraft are generally low and that health and safety standards are met.”
If the standard for airing a story became the government agreeing to be interviewed, she wrote, the network would cede editorial control.
Commissioned in November, it represents a marked upgrade from China’s first two carriers, which lack aircraft-launching catapults that are standard on American carriers.
The third “Avatar” movie got off to a slower start at the box office than its predecessor, setting up a long path for it to become another blockbuster by the franchise’s standards.
By global standards Japan’s interest rate remains low.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
