"Our main version is a spontaneous move by the stabiliser into an extremeposition that caused the plane to make a steep climb at high speed, " Mr Chernov told Russian NTV television.
In a book called Copycats, Professor Oded Shenkar takes an even more extremeposition: first movers have an inherent disadvantage because they have to pave the way for something new.
France has been careful not to take such an extremeposition, but instead Mr Chirac has infuriated America by pushing for more time for the UN weapons inspectors in Iraq and for putting forward plans to back the inspections up with UN peacekeeping forces.
Those that have staked out an extremeposition on this issue have run into trouble: The Huffington Post has had to endure a boycott and a class-action suit over its refusal to pay any of its bloggers, while Demand Media is trying to rid itself of paid writers whose low-quality output earned it a spanking from Google.
In the interest of disclosure, I am nothing more than a casual user of the eBay sites and services and have no extreme affinity or hatred for the company (no position in the stock either).
The sensor measures the deflection of the barrel relative to the sight with extreme precision and electronically realigns the crosshairs with the true position of the barrel.
So doing more of this on an emergency basis with the extreme unemployment levels that we have I think will help our economy and better position it to compete in the world market a decade or two ahead.
It is worrying in the extreme that the Bush Administration, in which Khan serves as among its most prominent Muslims, is in a position to influence not only assessments of the threat posed by some among his co-religionists but policy needed to address that threat.