Question: what was abu nidal 's name at birth ?

palestinian officials have told the associated press that abu nidal _ whose real name is sabri al-banna _ is either jailed or hospitalized in egypt .


Question: what was abu nidal 's name at birth ?

that was the name of the shadowy figure who ray , after recanting his confession , claimed had manipulated him into the plot .


Question: what was abu nidal 's name at birth ?

the wagons carried food and white boxes with large blue circles bearing the name of the donor , doctors of the world .


Question: what was abu nidal 's name at birth ?

but now in a final , posthumous novel to be published next year for the centennial of his birth , the adventurer and prankster who was hemingway can keep readers guessing .


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Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

abu nidal , 61 , is accused by washington of having killed or injured 900 people in attacks in 20 countries since 1974 .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

the plo has condemned to death in 1974 .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

the plo condemned abu nidal to death in 1974 .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

he is wanted in the united states , great britain and italy and was condemned to death by the palestine liberation organization , from which he broke in 1972 .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

over the years , reports of his death , often spun by the man himself , have circulated widely .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

the official 's account could not be independently confirmed , but it was supported on some points by a plo official .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

over the past decade he included the plo among his targets having taken responsibility for killing some the organization 's top leaders .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

plo officials said egypt would not confirm these reports to them , but left open the possibility the arrest may have taken place .


Question: in what year did the plo condemn abu nidal to death ?

over the years , his death has been reported widely in accounts often spun by the man himself .


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in washington on tuesday , thomas pickering , undersecretary of state , said he did not have `` any determinative information '' to provide on the reported arrest , and said questions should be addressed to the egyptian government .


Question: what is carlos the jackal 's real name ?

klein is allegedly a former accomplice of cold war terrorist ilich ramirez sanchez , better known as `` carlos the jackal . ''


Question: what is carlos the jackal 's real name ?

orders for the attack are believed to have come from ilich ramirez sanchez , the man known as carlos the jackal , who is in a french jail serving a life sentence for three other murders .


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klein , believed to be a former accomplice of cold war terrorist ilich ramirez sanchez , also known as `` carlos the jackal , '' has been sought on an international arrest warrant for 23 years .


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the daily evenimentul zilei reported recently that some former securitate agents could be indicted in france for collaborating with `` carlos the jackal , '' whose real name is ilich ramirez sanchez .


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voinea announced that romania charged carlos , whose real name is ilich ramirez sanchez , of undermining the peace and committing crimes against humanity .


Question: what is carlos the jackal 's real name ?

carlos , a venezuelan whose real name is ilich ramirez sanchez , was arrested in sudan in 1994 .


Question: what is carlos the jackal 's real name ?

his expulsion came a year after the sudanese government had arrested and extradited ilich ramirez sanchez , better known as the terrorist `` carlos the jackal , '' to france .


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klein lived under a false name in the norman village of sainte-honorine-la-guillaume until his arrest under an old warrant .


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germany is interested not only in what klein might have to say about carlos ' terror network , but also about activities at the time of the stasi , the east german secret police .


Question: what is carlos the jackal 's real name ?

`` the german secret service told us carlos rented a car in germany using false documents provided by romania , '' voinea said .


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after a four-year trial , an accused terrorist and a former accomplice of carlos the jackal will be sentenced next week in a bombing attack on a french cultural center , a berlin court said monday .


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germany 's longest-sought fugitive until his 1995 arrest in yemen , weinrich is a former red army faction member who also headed european operations for international terrorist carlos the jackal in the 1970s and '80s .


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prosecutors say the berlin bombing was one in a series of unsuccessful attempts to pressure france to free carlos ' lover and another member of his terrorist gang from a french prison .


Question: where was carlos the jackal born ?

carlos , a venezuelan whose real name is ilich ramirez sanchez , was arrested in sudan in 1994 .


Question: where was carlos the jackal born ?

he was held in la sante prison where carlos the jackal , nickname for venezuelan -born ilich ramirez sanchez , is held .


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in the letter , chavez addressed the venezuelan -born carlos as `` dear compatriot '' and , according to press reports , signed the missive `` with profound faith in the cause and the mission , now and forever. ''


Question: where was carlos the jackal born ?

he even penned a friendly letter to an infamous venezuelan -born terrorist , `` carlos the jackal , '' who is serving a life term in a french prison .


Question: where was carlos the jackal born ?

one peculiar example is his correspondence with ilich ramirez sanchez , the venezuelan -born former guerrilla known as carlos the jackal , who was convicted of murder and kidnappings across europe , including an attack on opec ministers .


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relatives of the man known as carlos the jackal have praised a letter of solidarity sent to the convicted terrorist by venezuela 's president .


Question: where was carlos the jackal born ?

`` chavez is almost a mythical figure , '' said carlos sabino , a sociologist at the central university of venezuela and longtime observer of the country 's politics .


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hugo rafael chavez frias was born in sabaneta de barinas , a small town in the vast , sparsely-populated savannah that is venezuela 's equivalent of the great plains .


Question: where was carlos the jackal born ?

born to a poor family in the western interior city of barinas , chavez 's first dreams were about the major leagues .


Question: when was carlos the jackal captured ?

carlos , a venezuelan whose real name is ilich ramirez sanchez , was arrested in sudan in 1994 .


Question: when was carlos the jackal captured ?

ramirez was captured in sudan in august 1994 and sentenced last year in paris to life in prison for the 1975 triple murder .


Question: when was carlos the jackal captured ?

ramirez , who was captured in 1994 , is believed responsible for the death of at least 83 people .


Question: when was carlos the jackal captured ?

french agents acting on a tip from the cia seized carlos from a hospital room in sudan in august 1994 .


Question: when was carlos the jackal captured ?

he was convicted in december 1997 and has been in french prisons since his capture in 1994 .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

`` they 've already added so much time to the schedule of the chief , '' said ross capon , executive director of the national association of railroad passengers , `` and already had so many horror stories. ''


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analysts said they thought amtrak could find a substantial niche in carrying high-value freight .


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amtrak also said wednesday that it would close its food warehouses and hire dobbs international services , which already provides food to airlines , to do the same with trains .


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new york _ aiming to bring high-speed rail service to boston by the start of the new millennium , amtrak said tuesday that it would start rolling out the first of its new 150 mile -an-hour trains by december .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

but more important for amtrak , the high-speed train provides a model for its rail service across the nation , and is the centerpiece of its hopes of economic redemption after operating for three decades with government subsidies .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

`` today we are kicking off the revitalization of train service in america , '' gov . tommy g . thompson of wisconsin , who is the chairman of amtrak 's board , said at a manhattan news conference .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

with new , electrified engines pulling rebuilt amtrak cars , the three-hour schedule has been made possible by extensive track work and electrification from new haven to boston , a project that cost $ 1.6 billion .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

officials of amtrak refused to say what they would charge for the high-speed rail trip .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak 's ticket pricing for high-speed trains could be crucial to its success .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

to attract more riders , amtrak said it would schedule more trains along the length of its northeast corridor , with the biggest service expansion between boston and new york city .


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another question left unanswered tuesday was how many stops the high-speed trains would make , another complex equation for amtrak planners , since every stop increases travel time for those on board .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

preliminary plans by amtrak that were released yesterday call for stops of its high-speed express service in boston , providence , r.i . ,


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amtrak plans to name the trains acela -lrb- pronounced uh-sell-uh -rrb- , which is a made-up name , not an acronym .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

david neeleman , the company 's chief executive , said recently that the airline will operate as jetblue airways .


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amtrak is rolling out satisfaction express


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak plans to put a customer-satisfaction guarantee into effect by the end of the year .


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amtrak said its new hiring would focus on people with traits that met customer-service needs .


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trains that do n't pass muster wo n't be permitted to leave , said john wolf , an amtrak spokesman .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak is counting on the new service , called acela , to lure business away from the airlines and to generate $ 180 million a year in profits .


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but he said amtrak would make ends meet with new revenue , most of which is derived from one-time deals .


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amtrak said it would know in 60 days when the trains would be ready .


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warrington and the president of bombardier , jacques lapare , were not specific about the cause of the problem , but lapare said that it became apparent only because of instrumentation on a test train at pueblo .


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amtrak is also upgrading the tracks between washington and boston , said warrington , which should lead to improved service even before the high-speed trains are introduced .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak will lose money again this year , but will meet the congressional deadline of weaning itself from operating subsidies by the fiscal year ending sept . 30 , 2002 , officials said .


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amtrak ridership statistics go back to 1975 .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

congress created amtrak in 1971 from a collection of failing passenger railroads .


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sen . john mccain panned a plan that would give amtrak a '' multibillion-dollar blank check '' even though the railway is under orders to become independent from federal operating subsidies .


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the arizona republican , chairman of the senate commerce committee , led a highly critical oversight hearing tuesday that painted a sobering portrait of amtrak 's financial status and outlook .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

'' amtrak is largely no better off today than one year ago , '' said phyllis scheinberg , associate director for transportation issues at the general accounting office .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

both scheinberg and kenneth mead , inspector general in the department of transportation , said amtrak is not on track to meet congressional demands that it achieve financial self-sufficiency by 2003 .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak could face liquidation if it fails to meet the deadline .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

mead forecasts that amtrak will lose $ 1.4 billion more than it anticipates from 2000 through 2004 because rising costs are counteracting gains in riders and revenue .


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it would let amtrak issue bonds , sweetened by federal tax credits , to raise $ 10 billion over 10 years to build high-speed rail lines around the country .


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amtrak advocates say the money represents an investment in intercity rail that should be considered independent of amtrak 's future as a corporation .


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'' amtrak needs to make more progress before any further funding schemes are enacted , '' he said .


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tuesday 's hearing was a dramatic departure from the last time amtrak 's fate was considered by commerce committee members .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

in february , a subcommittee led by amtrak supporter sen . kay bailey hutchison , r - texas , endorsed the railway 's plan to expand rather than cut service as the route to fiscal health .


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but hutchison and pro- amtrak democrats max cleland of georgia and john kerry of massachusetts had to settle for supporting roles tuesday as mccain offered an unflattering history lesson about amtrak , which runs two routes that cross arizona .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

the promise , mccain said , was that amtrak would be self-sufficient after two years of federal operating subsidies .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak is now in its 29th year of subsidies and has consumed more than $ 23 billion in federal operating support .


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'' i am now embarrassed to admit that i worked to create amtrak , '' joseph vranich , a former amtrak spokesman turned critic , told the committee .


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congress gave amtrak in 1997 an infusion of aid along with a 2003 deadline to become self-sufficient .


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amtrak chairman tommy thompson , wisconsin 's governor , told the committee the railway will meet the deadline .


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he said amtrak 's governing board met last week and addressed much of the criticism in mead 's audit .


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'' for much of amtrak 's history , it was not run like a business , '' thompson said .


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but in recent years we have made remarkable progress in turning amtrak around. ''


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

thompson , mead and scheinberg agreed that , even if amtrak weans itself from federal operating subsidies by 2003 , it will need significant continuing federal support for capital expenses like track repair .


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amtrak president george warrington told the committee that the railway expects delivery next week of the first of 20 high-speed trains for the boston -to- washington northeast corridor .


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Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

`` long-term success here has to do with doing it right , getting it right and increasing market share , '' said george warrington , amtrak 's president and chief executive .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

`` we will treat our customers as valued guests ... , so they will choose to ride our trains over and over again , '' said george warrington , amtrak 's president and chief executive .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

`` amtrak is committed to treating all employees fairly , '' amtrak president george warrington said in a statement .


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amtrak president george warrington said settling out-of-court was the right thing to do .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

`` we are going to guarantee passenger rights while others in the transportation industry are fighting them in congress , '' said george warrington , amtrak 's president .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

george warrington , amtrak 's president and chief executive , said the railroad would face a shortfall in the next fiscal year as a result of the delay .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

george warrington , amtrak 's president , said ridership was up because service was better and because `` the marketplace is feeling increasingly frustrated with the alternatives , '' namely jammed highways and delayed airplanes .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak is offering a deal it hopes few travelers can resist : get good service or a free ride .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak , which must wean itself from federal operating subsidies by 2003 , hopes its planned service improvements -- such as flowers in bathrooms and entertainment for children -- will boost revenues by $ 85 million over three years .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

central to winning customers ' confidence is amtrak 's new pledge : amtrak will offer dissatisfied passengers a refund voucher good for future travel .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak spokesman john wolf estimated that only one out of every 1,000 passengers will request a refund voucher .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak is offering vouchers , instead of refunds on the current trip , to give itself a second chance to woo the customer .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak still faces hurdles , such as limited routes and schedules , in becoming a true alternative to airlines .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

earlier this year , amtrak announced a high-speed service to lure travelers who now fly the lucrative washington - new york - boston shuttle route .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak also is developing other high-speed rail corridors elsewhere , including one linking illinois , indiana , iowa , michigan , minnesota , missouri , nebraska , ohio , and wisconsin .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak passenger revenues exceeded $ 1 billion for the first time ever last year , with 21 million customers riding by rail .


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amtrak said it had the best on-time performance in 13 years .


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moscow is insisting on a separate sector for its peacekeepers ; nato says that wo n't happen though president clinton predicted a `` successful conclusion. ''


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Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

amtrak , wooing people to take the train , not the plane , today promised all passengers good service or a voucher for a free ride .


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amtrak has agreed to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by black management employees and applicants for management positions .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

under terms of the settlement , amtrak did not admit to any wrongdoing , but agreed to extensive changes in corporate practices designed to prevent race discrimination .


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michael lieder , lead counsel for the plaintiffs , said that the new practices `` will help employees of all races survive and thrive at amtrak well into the future. ''


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in addition , amtrak has created a new position , vice president of business diversity and strategic initiatives , and filled the job .


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the lawsuit , filed last august in the u.s . district court for the district of columbia , contended amtrak discriminated against blacks in filling management jobs and handling pay , promotion and disciplinary issues .


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it also alleged amtrak maintained a racially hostile work environment .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

for the second time in nine months , amtrak has settled a racial discrimination suit , the latest alleging the national railway condoned hostile work conditions for blacks that created a '' segregated work force . ''


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amtrak did not admit any wrongdoing in the settlement announced on friday , but the railway agreed to change company policies .


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the suit was filed by 13 black members of the brotherhood of maintenance of way employees who build and maintain railroad tracks for amtrak 's engineering department in the northeast corridor between washington and boston .


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'' there 's a lot that amtrak has agreed to here that would not have happened if this had gone into litigation , '' she said .


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the agreement settles the first of three discrimination suits filed against amtrak in the past two years .


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in july 1999 , amtrak settled a suit filed by black managers and employees seeking management positions .


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washington _ amtrak managers filed a class-action lawsuit thursday alleging that the company discriminated against african-americans in management and other white-collar positions .


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the lawsuit is the second discrimination charge against amtrak this year in us district court in washington .


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black track-laying and repair workers in the northeast filed a class-action suit in april , also charging unfair treatment of blacks and likening amtrak to a `` plantation . ''


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the plaintiffs ' lawyers said they want amtrak to change its employment and disciplinary practices , and they are seeking damages for back pay and mental anguish .


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in response to the allegations , amtrak officials said thursday the company works to prevent discrimination .


Question: who is the president or chief executive of amtrak ?

`` amtrak has a zero -tolerance policy for discriminatory practices in hiring or in any aspect of the workplace , '' said george d . warrington , amtrak 's acting president and chief executive officer .


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the earlier lawsuit , which included two amtrak workers from massachusetts , opened the door for the second suit , lawyers said .


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the white female plaintiff , leslie dunning of fairfax station , va . , said amtrak demoted her in retaliation for helping a black manager prepare a report that detailed discrimination within the company .


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in a conference call with reporters to discuss the company 's plans , warrington said that before congress created amtrak a quarter-century ago , nearly half of railroads ' passenger -train revenue actually came from hauling freight .


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in adding freight cars now to its regular passenger runs , he said , amtrak will not allow any compromise in speed or reliability .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

the protests pale in comparison to events leading up to cassini 's october 1997 launch , when demonstrators threatened to chain themselves to the pad and filed lawsuits to stop the mission .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

cassini has twice used the gravity of venus to increase its speed since its launch in october 1997 .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

about 500 people protested the space agency 's most recent launch of an rtg-powered probe , the cassini spacecraft launched toward saturn in 1997 , because it carries about 72 pounds of plutonium .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

cassini was launched in october 1997 , and a previous venus approach took place in april 1998 .


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the plutonium-powered cassini spacecraft remained in contact with its operations team .


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program manager bob mitchell said engineering data from the spacecraft are being transmitted to earth to help engineers pinpoint what caused cassini to enter the safe mode .


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jpl said engineers suspect that during a tracking maneuver , cassini 's star scanner may have viewed a patch of sky without the bright stars the spacecraft uses to orient itself in space .


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mitchell said he expects cassini will be taken out of safe mode later this week after the problem has been identified and data thoroughly analyzed .


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it passed venus last year and this year will use venus again and then swoop within 500 miles of earth , an encounter that also worries cassini opponents .


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cassini 's return , two years after nasa launched the largest and most expensive unmanned spacecraft ever , poses virtually no risk , mission officials say .


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the plutonium-powered galileo probe to jupiter twice swung by earth in the early 1990s at altitudes much lower than cassini 's closest point .


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the chances of an accidental re-entry of cassini are about 1 in 1.2 million , according to a nasa estimate .


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`` it 's just not a credible event , '' said bob mitchell , cassini 's program manager at nasa 's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena .


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a handful of anti- cassini web sites also have been set up .


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the plutonium-powered cassini spacecraft flew within 728 miles of earth 's surface , successfully using the planet 's gravity to gain speed and change direction for the final stretch of its journey to saturn .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

`` it was right by the book , '' said bob mitchell , cassini 's program manager at nasa 's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena .


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but concern over the safety of nuclear-powered spacecraft are not likely to diminish as the $ 3.4 billion cassini speeds away .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

activists had feared that human error or some other mishap could fling cassini and its 72 pounds of radioactive plutonium into earth 's atmosphere .


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before cassini 's launch , protesters filed lawsuits and threatened to chain themselves to the pad .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

cassini does n't use the plutonium for propulsion but to power its dozen instruments .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

once it arrives at saturn , cassini will make close-up studies of the planet , its rings , moons and magnetic environment .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

cassini 's two rtgs have been feeding it electrical power steadily and should continue to work long after the spacecraft loops into orbit around saturn in 2004 .


Question: when was cassini launched ?


Question: when was cassini launched ?

the cassini spacecraft has made the second of its two flybys of venus , using the planet 's gravity to pick up speed on its way to saturn , which it should reach in 2004 .


Question: when was cassini launched ?

the next planet to provide a shot of energy to the spacecraft is earth , which cassini will approach next month .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

about 500 people protested the space agency 's most recent launch of an rtg-powered probe , the cassini spacecraft launched toward saturn in 1997 , because it carries about 72 pounds of plutonium .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

cassini 's two rtgs have been feeding it electrical power steadily and should continue to work long after the spacecraft loops into orbit around saturn in 2004 .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

europe 's space consortium cooperated with the u.s . -launched cassini probe to saturn but has not conducted its own mission .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

cassini 's destination , eventually , is the ringed planet saturn .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

washington , october 15 -lrb- xinhua -rrb- -- cassini , the probe destined for saturn , took off early this morning on a seven-year journey to explore the remote planet and its rings and moons .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

on its billions of kilometers flight toward saturn , cassini is scheduled to loop its path around the venus , the earth and the jupiter to get the gravity boost needed for closing in onto its destination .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

the cassini space probe , due to be launched from cape canaveral in florida of the united states tomorrow , has a 32 kilogram plutonium fuel payload to power its seven year journey to venus and saturn .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

the cassini space probe , due to be launched from cape canaveral in florida of the united states at dawn , is carrying 33 kg of plutonium needed to power its seven-year journey to venus and saturn .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

among the instruments on cassini are cameras to provide pictures of saturn , its rings and moons , and radar to pierce the orange , hydrocarbon haze surrounding titan .


Question: what is cassini 's destination ?

washington , october 13 -lrb- xinhua -rrb- -- the u.s . national aeronautics and space administration -lrb- nasa -rrb- today decided to delay the launch of its saturn probe , cassini , due to strong wind and technical problems .


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most kurds are secular muslims who belong to the main sunni sect .


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they also provoked the turkish army into attacks that nearly obliterated kurdish towns _ and in many cases turned kurds against the pkk .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

the violent protests by kurds across europe gives the impression that the protesters must all be members of the pkk or that ocalan is a leader to all kurds .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

the kurds are also protesting the repressive political , social , economic and military conditions that exist in turkey and which continue to smear turkey 's human rights record .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

if that 's not enough , the kurds are also using ocalan 's capture to inform the world that all 25 million of them remain stateless .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

divided by the states where they live , by tribal and political allegiances that make them willing and unwilling pawns in regional and international affairs , the kurds are as complex as the region where most of them live .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

i also lived for weeks at a time _ in 1991 , 1992 and 1996 _ with kurds in syria , iraq and turkey .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

saddam hussein drove the iraqi kurds from northern iraq after the gulf war in 1991 , but that was not the pkk 's war .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

turkish soldiers would kill any kurds who tried to cross from iraq into turkey .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

in the early 1990s , i located what syrian kurds told me was ocalan 's refuge in damascus , but i was never able to spot him there .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

about 2 million kurds live in northeastern syria near its border with turkey and iraq , but the kurdish military presence there centered mainly around kurds from iraq , not turkey .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

no friend of saddam hussein , syria opened its border with iraq in a vain attempt to help the iraqi kurds resist him after the gulf war .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

now his capture gives ocalan the stature among other kurds he never had before .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

there are shiite muslims , christians , armenians and kurds .


Question: what is the religious affiliation of the kurds ?

kabariti , wearing a blue business suit and black and white religious prayer scarf , said jews here are treated well .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

some 12- to 15 million live in turkey , most in poor southeastern regions .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

there are are 20- to 25 million kurds spread out over turkey , syria , iraq and iran ; some 12 to 15 million live in turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the international attention to ocalan 's case could push turkey to review its kurdish policy , which does not grant minority rights to some 12 million kurds .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

about 12 million kurds live in turkey , most in the poor southeastern region .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the arrest of kurdish rebel leader abdullah ocalan in rome has sparked protests by kurds throughout europe .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

some of the key issues involved in the kurdish conflict : q : who are the kurds and how many are there ?


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a : there are an estimated 20- to 25 million kurds spread out in four countries _ turkey , syria , iran and iraq .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

kurds share a common language , related to iran 's farsi , and are overwhelmingly sunni muslims .


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q : what is the legal status of kurds in turkey ?


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a : kurds are not recognized as a minority , unlike the greeks , armenians , assyrians and jews .


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q : what rights do kurds have in turkey ?


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a : turkey 's last military government banned the use of kurdish in 1983 , but kurdish was legalized in unofficial settings in 1991 .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a : kurds were promised an independent homeland in the 1920 treaty of sevres , which carved up turkey after the collapse of the ottoman empire .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

mustafa kemal ataturk , the founder of modern turkey , fought to regain the land .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

originally fighting for independence , the group now says it aims for equal rights for kurds and an autonomous kurdish state or a federation with turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the pkk has waged a guerrilla war in the southeastern mountains and carried out militant attacks in western turkey and germany .


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q : what 's turkey 's answer to accusations of discrimination against kurds ?


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a : turkey insists there is no division between turks and kurds in society .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

authorities point to success stories of kurds , including late president turgut ozal and current parliamentary speaker , hikmet cetin .


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mantovani insisted the idea of seeking asylum in italy was all ocalan 's but acknowledged he had assured ocalan that italian law would bar his extradition to turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a rome court freed him after a week , rejecting turkey 's arrest warrant under italian law forbidding extradition of suspects who face a possible death penalty , as ocalan does in turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

ocalan leads the kurdistan workers party , or pkk , which has waged a 14-year-old war for kurdish autonomy in southeastern turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

kurds in cities across europe protested his arrest with marches , sit-ins , hunger strikes , self-immolations and a suicide bombing .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the people of turkey protested with almost equal fervor when italy freed ocalan , burning italian clothes and cars and launching boycotts that brought threats of european union sanctions against turkey .


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`` we were just helping the kurds find a way to start peace talks .


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granting ocalan asylum would further enrage turkey , a nato ally and major trading partner , as well as the united states , which wants him prosecuted .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the kurds were promised an independent homeland in 1920 after the ottoman empire collapsed but the international community abandoned the idea in 1923 .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

in turkey , they are not recognized as an official minority ; the use of the kurdish language is banned in education and broadcasting .


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ocalan said wednesday that his decision to abandon armed struggle and use europe as a platform for peaceful resolution to kurds ' complaints was `` irreversible. ''


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ocalan was willing to stand trial , the lawyers said _ but not in turkey or germany .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

kurds continued to press for the release of abdullah ocalan , who now seeks a political solution with turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

fearing unrest among germany 's many turkish kurds , chancellor gerhard schroeder on friday ruled out seeking ocalan 's extradition on murder and terror charges .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

even as the politicians met in bonn , 11,000 turkish kurds rallied nearby to support the rebel leader .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

some beat drums and carried photographs of ocalan , whose outlawed kurdish workers party , or pkk , has fought a 14-year war for kurdish autonomy in turkey .


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after the meeting , schroeder said germany and italy will work with turkey to help it resolve the question of kurdish autonomy at home .


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`` we want a friendly , normal relations with turkey , '' the chancellor said .


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ocalan _ a fugitive from terror and murder charges in turkey , where he faces the death penalty _ was arrested nov . 12 when he arrived at the rome airport aboard a flight from moscow .


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the decision enraged many in turkey who consider ocalan their most-wanted criminal .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

pkk responsibility would discredit ocalan 's announcement this month that the rebels would now use only peaceful means to advance the cause of turkey 's kurds .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the head of the kurdish communities in germany , mehmet tanriverdi , has asked the german government to help reach a political settlement in turkey on the question of kurdish autonomy .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

by the end of the day , many hundreds of kurds had been arrested and some of the hostages _ but not all _ had been released .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

at least three kurds in european cities had set themselves on fire , including a 17-year-old girl in germany , who like the others was seriously injured .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the kurds in europe did not focus their anger on turkey , which captured ocalan in nairobi , kenya , late on monday .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

in istanbul , turkey , about 1,000 kurds marched through a kurdish neighborhood , setting cars on fire .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

but there were also demonstrations of joy in turkey by other turks , who view ocalan as a terrorist .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

there are more than 20 million kurds in turkey and nearby countries , who have long suffered persecution by successive governments of countries in which they live .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

ocalan has led a 14-year often-violent guerrilla movement for kurdish self-rule and civil rights in turkey , which has been met with violent repression by the government .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the streets of athens were relatively quiet on tuesday , perhaps because greek police rounded up more than 350 kurds preemptively early in the morning and held them in an abandoned army camp .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

in the evening , under tight security , a rally of greeks and kurds in support of ocalan took place in downtown athens without incident .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

`` these attacks were n't really organized , '' said mehmet atac , a 28-year-old kurd who was among several hundred who stood vigil outside the greek consulate in frankfurt this afternoon after kurds occupied it .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

`` we will stay here until we get some answers from the greek authorities , '' one of the kurds occupying the greek embassy in london told a british radio station .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

another of the kurds inside the embassy , who gave his name only as ofter , told reporters by telephone : `` we are completely committed .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

about 500,000 kurds live in germany , including 10,000 in frankfurt .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

otto schily , the german interior minister , pleaded with the kurds to leave the various consulates peacefully .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

police in frankfurt used truncheons and water cannons to subdue kurds who were turning over cars .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

`` this is a matter that only affects the countries involved _ those that extradited him and turkey , '' he said .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

for months , ocalan had appealed to european countries for political asylum or an international trial that would allow him to avoid being deported to turkey , where he could face the death penalty .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

turkey applied intense pressure , and syria , russia and finally italy expelled him .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

kurds share a common language , related to iran 's farsi , and many are muslims .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

kurds were promised a homeland in the 1920 treaty of sevres , which carved up turkey after the collapse of the ottoman empire .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

mustafa kemal ataturk , the founder of modern turkey , fought to regain the land , destroying plans for a kurdish state .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

in turkey , kurds are not recognized as a minority .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a ban imposed by turkey 's last military government on the use of kurdish in unofficial settings was lifted in 1991 , but kurdish is illegal in broadcasts and in educational or political settings .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a court case to ban turkey 's main pro- kurdish party is under way .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

italy had refused to extradite him to turkey last november , citing a law that bans italy from extraditing prisoners to countries that use capital punishment .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

walter veltroni , leader of the largest party in italy 's center-left government , warned turkey on tuesday not to apply the death penalty , saying , `` that would place turkey irretrievably outside europe . ''


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

although there was no clear evidence that the protests were orchestrated , kurds held rallies , seized consulates , battled police and threatened mass suicides .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

by the end of the day , many hundreds of kurds had been arrested , and most of the almost two dozen hostages had been released .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

kurds share a common language , related to persian , and many are muslims .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

ankara , turkey _ the emotions of 25 million people without a state seized the world 's television screens last week .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the kurds want self-determination , but no one else seems ready to take up their cause .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

they are muslim farmers , merchants and nomads -- scattered across turkey , iraq , iran and syria .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

with `` no friend but the mountains , '' as their self-pitying legend goes , the kurds have long been cloaked in relative obscurity .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

`` and clearly it is not only turkey 's problem , but the world 's , '' said sedat yurtdas , 38 , a moderate kurdish politician and lawyer whose activities have been banned by the turkish government .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the entebbe -style capture of ocalan in kenya by turkish commandos was widely celebrated in turkey , comparable to if israel had nabbed yasser arafat amid the palestinian terrorist movement in the 1970s .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

he is routinely referred to in turkey 's pro-government press as `` the babykiller. ''


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

still , the question nagging turkey is : what next ?


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

the guerrilla movement is still active , there are millions of kurds living in europe .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a sobering problem for turkey is the delicate matter of how to handle ocalan 's upcoming trial and anticipated conviction , after which he could be sentenced to death .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

ocalan and the pkk 's brutal tactics have been loathed by many moderate kurds .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

but turkey risks turning ocalan into a martyr for all kurds if the trial is viewed as a sham and ocalan is put to death .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

in the immediate aftermath of ocalan 's arrest , kurds living abroad and linked by e-mail and a europe -based satellite tv station , took the streets and occupied embassy buildings in more than 20 european cities .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

only one other man has done as much to publicize the plight of the kurds .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

a vindictive saddam hussein sought to annihilate iraqi kurds in the north of his country in the aftermath of the 1991 gulf war .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

with american and united nations help , the kurds in northern iraq are largely running their own affairs , without realizing their ultimate goal of sovereignty .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

even the most militant of kurds began to set their sights lower ; in turkey , ocalan relinquished the goal of an independent statehood , calling instead for limited autonomy within turkey 's borders .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

on friday , the state department acknowledged that the u.s . intelligence services helped turkey track down and capture ocalan , who had looking for a hiding place since mid-october when he was forced from his haven in syria .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

if turkey 's relentless military and security offensive is the stick , ecevit offered a carrot this week in proclaiming a campaign to increase investment and improve roads in mainly kurdish southeastern turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

undoubtedly , the kurds will be looking for more .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

but turkey 's chief prosecutor has begun legal proceedings to bar the pro- kurdish people 's democracy party -lrb- hadep -rrb- .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

if outlawed , it would be the fourth political party sympathetic to the kurds to be banned in turkey during this decade .


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`` the arrest has placed the eyes of the world on turkey .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

it is an important test , not only for the future of the kurds but for turkey 's reputation in the world , '' he said .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

turkey can take comfort in the fact that during his months on the run , no european country would offer ocalan refuge .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

but now that it has him in custody , the government here appears to be ignoring demands by international human rights groups for greater tolerance towards the kurds and a fair trial for ocalan .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

turkey is preparing a closed trial before a military tribunal for the rebel leader and has rejected attempts of ocalan 's european lawyers to enter the country to confer with him .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

back in turkey , the threat of new violence was faxed friday to the associated press .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

ocalan 's pkk warned that turkey would `` face the consequences '' if ocalan were harmed .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

`` if turkey has a genuine intention to solve this problem peacefully , it is high time to do it now .


Question: how many kurds live in turkey ?

there would be no reason for kurds to rebel if we were allowed to be part of the system. ''


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

he said that the two restaurants , opened in international flights terminal at istanbul 's ataturk airport , have are proved to be a success .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

coke has supplied burger king for most of the restaurant chain 's history , starting with the first burger king that opened in miami in 1954 .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

1954 : the first burger king opens in miami .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

burger king , which was founded in 1954 , has over 11,000 restaurants in 58 countries around the world .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

burger king corp . has reached a new long-term agreement with coca-cola co . to keep coke as the soft-drink supplier for its restaurants in the united states and canada .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

terms of the deal were n't announced , but it extends coke 's current 10-year run as supplier for burger king 's 8,200 restaurants in north america .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

pepsi gained burger king 's soft-drink syrup business in 1984 , but coke won the fast-food chain back in 1990 .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

burger king is a subsidiary of diageo plc .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

separately , burger king also renewed a long-standing arrangement with dr pepper/seven up inc . to keep dr pepper in burger king 's u.s . restaurants .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

pepsi-cola had bid for the burger king business and said coca-cola must have paid a high price to keep it .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

a burger is 18 cents , as is a milkshake .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

kroc opens his first restaurant in des plaines , ill . , and eventually buys out the mcdonalds .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

reuben sandwich created at reuben 's restaurant in new york city .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

nathan 's hot dog stand opened at coney island , n.y . 1918 _ canned tomato sauce is introduced .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

first white castle burger stand opens in wichita , kan .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

the brown derby restaurant opens in los angeles .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

1938 _ victor bergeron opens the first trader vic 's restaurant in oakland , calif .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

the four seasons restaurant opens in new york .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

1971 _ alice waters opens chez panisse restaurant in berkeley , pioneering california cuisine .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

1979 _ first zagat restaurant survey appears in new york .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

michael 's restaurant opens in santa monica .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

ankara -- the number of burger king fast-food restaurants have reached 100 throughout turkey since first was opened in 1995 , reported the anatolia news agency on sunday .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

burger king general director alp gurdil told reporters in istanbul sunday that they are planning to open 300 restaurants all over the country by 2005 .


Question: when was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

gurdil said that burger king restaurants in turkey has the highest rate of increase compared to those in europe , africa and the middle east .


Question: where was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

coke has supplied burger king for most of the restaurant chain 's history , starting with the first burger king that opened in miami in 1954 .


Question: where was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

1954 : the first burger king opens in miami .


Question: where was the first burger king restaurant opened ?

kroc opens his first restaurant in des plaines , ill . , and eventually buys out the mcdonalds .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

miami -based burger king corp . contributed $ 1.4 billion in sales to diageo 's $ 18.3 billion .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

about 17 percent , or $ 1.75 billion , of burger king 's $ 10.3 billion in sales last year came from soft drinks , according to jim watkins , the company 's vice president for marketing .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

although the process costs more , says the company with 9 billion u.s . dollars sales last year , the prices are not going to rise as increased business should cover the increased cost .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

under pressure from restaurant owners , burger king said tuesday it 's not for sale and believes that most franchisees are confident about a $ 500 million plan to help revitalize the brand .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the national franchisee association inc . , an organization of burger king franchise holders , said monday it is exploring the idea of spinning the company off from british parent diageo plc .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the group denied it was seeking to buy burger king , however .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

'' the franchisee group has not made an offer to purchase burger king corp . from diageo nor does it plan to , '' the association said in a release .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

franchisees have complained of slim profit margins , ineffective marketing campaigns and lack of leadership at a time of slow u.s . sales growth .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

'' the problem is that burger king is only a piece of what diageo 's doing , and to the burger king franchisees that 's all that they 're concerned about , '' eisenharth said .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

burger king plans to offer details of its '' transformation initiatives '' wednesday at a franchise meeting in orlando , and diageo plans to meet with franchise officials may 26 .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

burger king is the world 's second -largest hamburger chain , behind mcdonald 's corp . , with some 10,900 burger king restaurants worldwide .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

of burger king 's 8,160 u.s . restaurants , 94 percent of them are franchise-owned .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

burger king corp . : http : //www . burgerking . com


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the flame -broiled concept will remain , but customers can say goodbye to those boxy structures huddling in the middle of the shopping mall or along the interstate that have long meant burger king .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

it has spunkier lettering , and its burger image has been manicured to make its bun look more like the kind of bread used for panini ; a blue crescent swooshes around three-quarters of the image .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the changes , regarded as among the most extensive in the ultracompetitive industry , were announced to franchisees wednesday in reno , where burger king is having an annual business meeting .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

while mcdonald 's corp . reconfigured its kitchens last year to improve the way its food tastes , the steps that burger king is taking are seen as going well beyond that .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the ultimate success is going to depend on the cost of the building and the sales generated from that building . ''


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the average burger king now rings up about $ 1.1 million in sales a year , the company said .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

burger king has been inching forward over the last several years and gaining market share , company executives said , and the changes announced wednesday are supposed to continue that trend .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

among the changes that customers demanded , he added , were `` less stress at the drive-through , '' where about 60 percent of burger king 's sales are made .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the look of many burger king restaurants was also a concern , he added .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

also wednesday , burger king said it had signed a new 10-year contract with coca-cola co . to provide soft-drink fountain service at its restaurants .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

`` we believe our agreement is going to create many , many opportunities for profitable growth for coca-cola and for burger king by building their soft-drink business , '' said a coca-cola spokeswoman , polly howes .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

still , he added , `` having a big fountain account like burger king provides a benefit over and above the sale of products. ''


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

dr pepper/seven up co . , a division of cadbury schweppes , also won a contract to install one spigot serving dr pepper in every burger king in the united states .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

the new slivers of potato fried in hot oil are thicker , crisper and stay hotter longer , or long enough to survive the four -block walk to the office without going cold and limp , burger king claims .


Question: what are burger king 's gross sales today ?

as the largest chain of the kind , in and outside the united states , mcdonald 's has 21,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries , with a total sales of 31.8 billion dollars last year .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

after all , as fortune put it recently , the president and ceo of conde nast , steven florio , `` turned a mildly profitable property into one of the greatest money pits in american magazine history. ''


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

-lrb- she will be the chairwoman and a part owner of the new company . -rrb-


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

it 's no surprise , then , that newhouse has decided to merge the magazine into his conde nast empire .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

next year , the the new yorker 's sinecured staffers will move into conde


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

nast 's new headquarters and will fight for phone lines and desk space with the rest of si 's magazines .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

new york _ it was the closest you could get to a debutante party in the mud-slinging , ego-bruising , advertising-hungry world of magazine publishing .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

's newest joint venture _ who sat , smiles firmly in place , at a table behind ms . black , in their first public appearance as affianced partners of the hearst company .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

the company 's two other joint ventures , smart money -lrb- which is published in conjunction with dow jones & co .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

-rrb- and marie claire -lrb- with marie claire album , a french company -rrb- are two of the strongest titles in the industry .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

but not all eyes will remain glued to talk ; many will be monitoring ms . black 's progress in changing the company to increase advertising revenue .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

ms . black has changed the company slowly ; in three years , she has fired or reassigned only a handful of publishers and editors .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

she has concentrated on rehabilitating the magazine company 's image among advertisers , who had grumbled loudly in 1995 when hearst cut its magazines ' guaranteed circulation rates .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

in december _ in another advertiser -oriented move _ she restructured the company 's magazines into two groups , in an attempt to encourage advertisers to buy pages in several magazines at once , in effect offering package deals .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

like her company , ms . black is frill-free .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

hearst is a privately held company , and ms . black will not discuss numbers , even good ones , choosing instead to highlight the successes of smart money and cosmopolitan .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

at conde nast , they love to toss the thing around .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

former hearst editors say the company 's culture is not directed toward creative tinkering .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

`` at conde nast , editors are treated like entertainment impresarios .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

while the talk deal is a change of tactics for hearst , it signals a shift for the magazine industry in general as more companies move toward joint ventures in a publishing economy that feels increasingly unsure .


Question: who is the ceo of the publishing company conde nast ?

e . daniel capell , an authority on magazine circulation and the editor of capell 's circulation report , said that joint ventures are very appealing , especially to a company like hearst .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

other issues were bandied about in the brand-new conde nast headquarters in times square in manhattan .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

three of the company 's publications , wired , architectural digest and bon appetit , are based in california but have business offices at 4 times square , ms . perl said .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

new york _ with the coordination of an invading army , conde nast has begun moving its glossy fashion magazines into a new home at 4 times square , the first skyscraper built in new york city since 1992 .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

since conde nast signed a deal for the building nearly three years ago , times square has become one of the most sought-after commercial neighborhoods in the city .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

reuters recently started work on its new headquarters across from 4 times square , and ernst & young , the accounting firm , is close to a deal to build its own tower nearby .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

conde nast will be moving from its old-money environs on the east side , within easy reach of brooks brothers , paul stuart and patroon , to the hurly-burly of times square .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

it was douglas durst , the developer of 4 times square , who persuaded conde nast to make the move .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

truman , the editorial director , said conde nast had a choice of either leaving its longtime home on madison avenue for a year while the space there was renovated , or moving permanently to a new building .


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drew schutte , who 's been with the magazine since 1994 , ascended to the publisher 's post but is based in new york , home of wired parent conde nast .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

`` the whole thing was to engage women and get them to take action , '' said cara deoul perl , the vice president for creative marketing at conde nast in new york , a unit of advance publications .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

`` and the company was not madly for adlai .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

newhouse averaged half that figure , although he pulled out all the stops when it came to the company 's cafeteria , where , executives said , spending exceeded $ 400 a square foot .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

the company chose to bring the magazines , scattered among six buildings , into the same tower .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

instead of giving all the window space to ranking executives , the company has decided to let many employees labor at metallic blue workstations near the windows .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

the company had just been bought by walt disney co . as part of the capital cities acquisition , and disney did not seem a natural fit .


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kenneth cole , whose footwear and clothing company earned $ 218 million in revenue in 1998 , said the situation resembled a kind of monopoly on style .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

advertisers such as ralph lauren and kenneth cole have found it `` easy to add wired to the plan '' of other conde nast buys , such as vanity fair , the new yorker , vogue and gq .


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he has some other tricks up his sleeve as well : in july , digimarc , an oregon company , will give special pc devices to 25,000 wired subscribers .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

in october , a company called digital convergence will send similarly equipped laser `` pens '' that link to the pc to every wired subscriber , so that they can read bar codes and launch web sites .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

meanwhile , schutte 's old boss lyon is working feverishly to start her new company , one ventures , which will produce a magazine and web site devoted to all things design this fall .


Question: where are the company conde nast 's headquarters ?

magazine , will be editor in chief of the san francisco company .


Question: whom did eileen marie collins marry ?

also in the crowd , for the two earlier attempts and friday morning 's as well , were collins ' husband , pat youngs , an airline pilot , and their 3-year-old daughter , bridget marie .


Question: whom did eileen marie collins marry ?

`` it really did n't matter to me whether i was selected as a pilot or a mission specialist , '' she said .


Question: whom did eileen marie collins marry ?

collins , who lives with her family in houston , said she would not mind if everyone else viewed her achievements the way bridget marie did when the 3-year-old found out that mom would be commanding a shuttle mission .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

when jack welch took over ge in 1981 , he inherited a slow-moving , bureaucratic company .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

for that matter , the world wide web did not even exist when john f . welch jr . took over the general electric co . in 1981 .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch became ge 's chief executive in april 1981 , so the date will mark his 20th anniversary .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch has turned what had been a $ 25 billion manufacturing company in 1981 into a $ 100 billion behemoth that derives huge portions of its revenues from more profitable services .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

when welch was named chief executive in 1981 , most of the also- rans quit .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

in his author 's note , he points out that the subject of his book , jack welch , chairman of general electric co . , refused to cooperate with the project .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

`` at any cost '' is actually a remarkably one-sided book about welch 's tenure at ge .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

o'boyle has made welch the poster boy for modern capitalism and all the ills that accompany it : downsizing , deal-making , ethical violations , pollution .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

if the book had come out a few months later , o'boyle probably would have blamed welch for the asian financial crisis and the collapse of the ruble .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch rolled up his sleeves and went to work .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch did n't invent the forces of modern capitalism .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

bill gates may be america 's best known corporate leader , but in business circles , jack welch is probably more admired .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch has created winners in at least half a dozen separate fields .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

he dismisses welch 's foray into finance _ probably his greatest triumph _ in a few paragraphs .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

o'boyle has plenty to say about the problems of the welch years .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

more than 100,000 ge jobs have been axed under welch , in a series of downsizings that have devastated old industrial towns like pittsfield and schenectady , n.y . did welch need to be so hard-nosed ?


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

it is also fair to ask how much blame welch should bear for some of the ethical lapses that have happened on his watch , especially in the defense business .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

while welch has never told his employees to break the law , the high-pressure culture he has created may have encouraged some of his underlings to cross the line in pursuit of greater profits .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

in the business press , jack welch receives very different treatment .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

someday , a book will come along that provides a balanced account of jack welch .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

nor did anyone at the ltv corp . question peter e . kelly about the marketing potential of the internet when he was named president of the company in 1991 and became a front-runner for the top job .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

`` even if they do n't specify internet savvy by name , they are asking for it , '' said gerard r . roche , chairman of heidrick & struggles , a search firm .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

`` the internet is such a new phenomenon that it would be too limiting to mandate hands-on experience , '' said thomas j . neff , chairman of u.s . operations for the search firm spencer stuart .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

that worries kelly , 57 , who became chairman of ltv in february .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

everyone knew it was coming , but now they know when : john f . welch jr . , the chairman of general electric , will retire after the company 's annual meeting in april 2001 .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch , who announced the date on cnbc on monday evening , will turn 65 on nov . 19 , 2000 , and had always indicated he would step down then .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

`` jack still plans to announce his successor in mid-2000 , so this is business as usual for us , '' said beth comstock , a ge spokeswoman .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

in a sense , welch will be both a difficult and an easy act to follow .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

corporate wags have long referred to ge as `` the house that jack built. ''


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

he whittled away at ge 's bloated staff long before downsizing became a buzzword , earning him the rubric of neutron jack _ someone who kills off the people but leaves the physical assets intact .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch has also turned ge into what he calls a `` boundary-less '' organization , a place where executives are rewarded for sharing insights and customer contacts and castigated for keeping good ideas to themselves .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

only people whom welch deemed to be team players were propelled up the ranks .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

`` the businesses have a momentum in market share and profitability that will persist when jack is retired , '' said russell a . leavitt , an analyst at banc of america securities .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

`` and jack will personally introduce him to the major customers . ''


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

welch has often said he thinks chief executives should stay for 10 , even 20 years , to live with the results of their long-term decisions .


Question: when did jack welch become chairman of general electric ?

at 43 , immelt could conceivably serve as long as welch has .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

`` it really did n't matter to me whether i was selected as a pilot or a mission specialist , '' she said .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

collins , who lives with her family in houston , said she would not mind if everyone else viewed her achievements the way bridget marie did when the 3-year-old found out that mom would be commanding a shuttle mission .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

the first woman to command a space shuttle mission , air force col . eileen collins , sees her flight next month as `` a great challenge '' in more ways than one .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

collins _ a wife , a mother and a decorated air force pilot _ says it has taken too long .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

a : air force col . eileen marie collins , the first woman assigned by nasa as a space shuttle commander , is not related to michael collins .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

shuttle commander eileen collins , a working mother and air force colonel , was set to make history as the first woman to command a space mission .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

by 1944 , he was so pleased that he urged armed service recognition for the wasp -lrb- the military did not even pay for the women 's burials -rrb- .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

but , the authors write , some male civilian pilots and veterans groups protested , and the women did not receive the same benefits accorded the wac and waves .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

congress did not approve their veteran status until 1977 .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

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Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

`` i think this will serve as an inspiration to young people , particularly young women , to pursue careers in aviation and aerospace. ''


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

q : did former house speaker newt gingrich ever fully repay the $ 300,000 he borrowed to pay his ethics fine ?


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

but he did n't borrow the money after all , even though it was widely reported that bob dole had offered to make such a loan .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

it operates a complaint handling system for consumers who experience air travel service problems -lrb- not to be confused with concerns about airline safety or security -rrb- .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

initially assigned to orbiter engineering support , she also has served on the astronaut support team , worked in mission control as a spacecraft communicator , and served as the astronaut office space systems branch chief .


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

but did n't john f . kennedy and jackie have a fourth child , who was stillborn some seven months before john f . kennedy jr . was born ?


Question: what branch of the service did eileen marie collins serve in ?

president kennedy was eligible for burial in arlington by his military service in world war ii and by his position as the nation 's commander -in- chief , explained sgt .


Question: what is eileen marie collins ' occupation ?

the five -member crew of the shuttle columbia that will launch chandra is led by veteran astronaut eileen collins , who would become the first woman of any nation to command a spaceflight .


Question: what is eileen marie collins ' occupation ?

columbia 's commander for the five-day mission is eileen collins , a veteran astronaut and the first woman to command a space flight .


Question: what is eileen marie collins ' occupation ?

columbia 's flight will also mark the first command of a space mission by a woman , veteran astronaut eileen collins .


Question: what is eileen marie collins ' occupation ?

selected by nasa in january 1990 , collins became an astronaut in july 1991 .


Question: what is eileen marie collins ' occupation ?

also , is she by any chance the daughter of michael collins , one of the apollo 11 astronauts ?


Question: what rank did eileen marie collins reach ?

a : air force col . eileen marie collins , the first woman assigned by nasa as a space shuttle commander , is not related to michael collins .


Question: what rank did eileen marie collins reach ?

shuttle commander eileen collins , a working mother and air force colonel , was set to make history as the first woman to command a space mission .


Question: what rank did eileen marie collins reach ?

q : did former house speaker newt gingrich ever fully repay the $ 300,000 he borrowed to pay his ethics fine ?


Question: what rank did eileen marie collins reach ?

but he did n't borrow the money after all , even though it was widely reported that bob dole had offered to make such a loan .


Question: what rank did eileen marie collins reach ?

but did n't john f . kennedy and jackie have a fourth child , who was stillborn some seven months before john f . kennedy jr . was born ?


Question: what rank did eileen marie collins reach ?


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

mitchell , acting as clinton 's envoy , shepherded the warring factions in northern ireland to the political settlement known as the good friday agreement in april 1998 .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

mitchell , a former u.s . senator , chaired the negotiations that produced the good friday 1998 agreement on forming a new protestant - catholic government for northern ireland .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

major will perhaps be best remembered for the advances he made towards northern ireland peace , paving the way for the good friday agreement of 1998 .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

magee is the 277th prisoner to be given early release under the good friday agreement , a landmark deal signed by northern ireland ' s feuding political groups in april 1998 aimed at ending 30 years of violence .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

mike hammer , a spokesman for the national security council , said they focused on all aspects of implementing the good friday accord , the historical peace agreement signed by the parties in 1998 .


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the april 1998 good friday peace agreement could go into cold storage if there is no movement on the arms issue , he added .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

he noted the british government had `` made a commitment '' in the 1998 good friday agreement to demilitarization .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

that 1998 agreement stated that paramilitary groups should finish disarming by this may , but it set no date for the process to begin .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

london and dublin are struggling to find ways of reviving the political institutions by may 22 , which the 1998 agreement set as the date for a completion of an arms handover .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

he added : `` there is no credible alternative to the good friday agreement .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

in a letter to the huntingdon conservative association , the 56-year-old major said he had made his decision after '' a great deal of soul-searching and sadness. ''


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

that agreement designed the local power-sharing government that gave the province partial home rule briefly this winter .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

and for his tireless efforts and determination to bring peace to northern ireland which laid the foundations for the good friday agreement , '' hague said .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

unionists refused to form a power-sharing government with sinn fein , called for under the agreement , until the ira turned in its weapons .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

`` there was an agreement , but there was no trust , '' mitchell said .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

british prime minister tony blair and his irish counterpart , bertie ahern , had spent all their political capital earlier that month , setting deadlines that passed without agreement or sanction .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

mitchell had set a deadline last year , convinced that the parties would not reach an agreement without one .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

he barely made it back in time to deliver the eulogy .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

ahern said progress had been made , but did not elaborate .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

sinn fein leader gerry adams said trimble had no right to set deadlines unilaterally , and accused the british government of acting illegally by allowing trimble to alter the terms of the good friday agreement .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

`` we will continue to fight , '' thompson said , `` until trimble and this agreement are finished. ''


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

but under the terms of the good friday agreement , magee became eligible for early release after serving only about a third of his sentence .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

there was considerable progress made toward the end of last year . ''


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

he noted that the purpose of the meeting was to have a `` strategic view of what needs to be done to bring about the full implementation of all aspects of the good friday agreement . ''


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

so let 's go forward empowered by the progress that has made life so much better for people on the island of ireland , '' he added .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

britain said the irish republican army 's failure to give a clear commitment to hand in arms in line with the landmark good friday peace agreement left it with no choice .


Question: when was the good friday agreement made ?

`` the good friday agreement is the foundation upon which new relationships between unionists and nationalists and republicans can be forged , '' he said .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

newport plans to retrieve the recovery vessel first , then go after liberty bell 7 , the only u.s . manned spacecraft lost after a successful mission .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

once liberty bell 7 was safely aboard ship , newport rummaged through the spacecraft , which had a sulfurous odor .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

for the next six months , technicians will disassemble , clean and reassemble liberty bell 7 , the mercury space capsule that rested in the depths of the atlantic ocean for 38 years before being recovered july 20 .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

the 7 1/2-foot aluminum-and- titanium capsule sank after splashdown on july 21 , 1961 , when its hatch blew open prematurely and the spacecraft filled with water .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

a 180-foot ship , the needham tide , headed for the 3-mile- deep waters 300 miles southeast of cape canaveral .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

the ship was a day late raising anchor ; the crew needed time to get a new switch for a hydraulic power unit .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

newport estimated it would take at least one day to reach the area where he believes grissom 's liberty bell 7 lies on the ocean floor .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

liberty bell 7 sank 38 years ago this month .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

`` it will be a big relief '' once the capsule is aboard ship , curt newport said before setting sail thursday .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

newport and his team discovered liberty bell 7 on may 1 about 300 miles southeast of cape canaveral .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

the houston company also supplied a bigger ship for this trip , which is expected to last 1 1/2 to two weeks .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

newport expects liberty bell 7 to be on deck by the end of next week if all goes well .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

an underwater salvage team spent eight hours in darkness late monday and early yesterday reeling in the liberty bell 7 flown by astronaut gus grissom , the second american in space .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

it arrived by ship at cape canaveral this morning , the 38th anniversary of its sinking after splashdown .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

so it was almost like having this thing punch to the surface through some type of time portal or something , '' he said in a ship -to-shore news conference .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

when newport finally located the capsule again , the ship 's robot vessel was used to attach a sling to the capsule .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

because of problems recovering liberty bell 7 -- two days were wasted because of bad navigational data and the recovery vessel kept breaking -- newport had no time to search for the hatch .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

the answer to the enduring mystery of why the hatch blew may have been in the inside-the-capsule camera that was running when liberty bell 7 splashed down .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

the recovery project was financed by the discovery channel , which plans to broadcast a two-hour special , `` in search of liberty bell 7 , '' on dec . 12 .


Question: what kind of ship is the liberty bell 7 ?

once the restoration is complete , the discovery channel will take liberty bell 7 on a three-year tour , beginning about the middle of 2000 .


Question: what happened to the liberty bell 7 ?

the crew plans to set sail sunday with the latest in side-scan sonar in hopes of finding liberty bell 7 , lost at sea 38 years ago .


Question: what happened to the liberty bell 7 ?

two cameras and a tape recorder that sank with the capsule could shed light on what happened , but it 's doubtful the film and tape could be salvaged after so long underwater .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

`` she has done a great job so far with the stock , '' said alberto vilar , president of amerindo investment advisors , and one of ebay 's largest shareholders .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

as one prominent technology investor , alberto vilar of the $ 7.5 billion amerindo investment advisors , put it , `` tell me a money manager that does n't listen to uncle alan . ''


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

now , after putting in his usual 12-hour day managing his company 's nearly $ 3 billion in growth stock portfolios , he takes a shower , steps into his tuxedo and heads for the met .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

an indonesian business connection prompted him to form the american - indonesian investment co . , but there was never any investment from indonesia and he shortened the name to amerindo .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

the privately held company , of which vilar is president and a leading partner , manages institutional portfolios specializing in technology and health care .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

so it would take more than internet stock options in a company she had never heard of for ms . whitman to give up the peaceful life she enjoyed with her husband and two sons in boston .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

and 14 months ago , she packed up her family and moved to california to begin preparing ebay for the initial public stock offering that the company 's founder , pierre m . omidyar , was already mulling .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

since its $ 735 million offering last september , the company 's market capitalization has blossomed to $ 22.1 billion _ the stock price skyrocketing 1,019 percent .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

ms . whitman had been hired by the florist-owned member association in 1995 _ better known as ftd _ to help smooth its transition to a privately held company .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

her stock options _ worth about $ 1.3 billion as of friday 's closing price _ vest over four years , and she plans to stay at the company at least five years .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

yahoo and amazon . com are already fast on the heels of ebay hoping to grab the company 's loyal customers for their own .


Question: what is the name of the company vilar founded ?

that , says charles hill , director of research for first call/thomson financial , which tracks company earnings , is a `` business as usual '' figure .


Question: who founded public citizen ?

'' the meat industry has been able to call the shots because of their enormous political clout , '' said wenonah hauter of public citizen , a group founded by green party presidential candidate ralph nader .


Question: who founded public citizen ?

`` we have the highest bills in the nation for average consumers , '' said tom smith , director of public citizen in texas , a group founded by consumer crusader ralph nader .


Question: who founded public citizen ?

tom smith , texas director of public citizen , a public interest group , founded by consumer activist ralph nader .


Question: who founded public citizen ?

public citizen , founded by ralph nader , has set up a special free fax service on the organization 's web site that allows consumers to fax their senators from the internet for free .


Question: who founded public citizen ?

public citizen is a nonprofit corporation founded by consumer advocate ralph nader .


Question: who founded public citizen ?

public citizen : http : //www . citizen . org


Question: who founded public citizen ?

`` all things being equal , the generic product is going to be cheaper , '' said brian wolfman , a lawyer at public citizen , which filed a brief in the case .


Question: who founded public citizen ?

critics of deregulation point out that texans already have rates that are below the national average and the public utility commission lately has even trimmed rates at some utilities .