The liberal fighter stormed all the way to the floor of the Democratic convention that year to try to wrest the nomination from Jimmy Carter, a sitting president.

ECONOMIST: Edward Kennedy

But any cut in the plan would drive up the already high cost of the stealthy strike fighter in a way that might undermine political support, a fact not lost on Boeing marketers charged with keeping their company in the fighter business.

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However, this current itself twists around and around as it flows through the magnetic field, the way a torrent of water twists up a fire-fighter's hosepipe.

ECONOMIST: Here be serpents

One of our managers, Tom Sobieck, has already come up with a unique solution on how to install and deploy the electronic systems for the Joint Strike Fighter in such a way that millions of dollars and many months of installation time can be saved for that program.

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