Flight feasibility assessment of shuttle/LANDSAT-D missions

Because of performance limitations, the shuttle cannot rendezvous with the LANDSAT D satellite in its primary orbit; the actual rendezvous altitude is a function of the performance of the two LANDSAT vehicles and of the shuttle. The feasibility of retrieving LANDSAT D from a 210 n.mi. orbit, following delivery of LANDSAT D to a 200 n.mi. orbit was assessed from an orbital analysis point of view. Parameters such as orbital altitude, phasing and length of rendezvous, which affect flight design for this flight are identified. The results of a study made for delivery to a 235 n. mi. orbit followed by retrieval from 245 n. mi. are included

The Economics of Insurance Classification: The Sound of One Invisible Hand Clapping

In an earlier article, I questioned the fairness of the status quo in insurance classification and its regulation and challenged the claim of insurers and most regulators that classification is a neutral, scientific process based on statistical differences. I also disputed the contention that refined classifications are encouraged or required by state law. Here I turn to the validity of economic analyses of refined classification for the personal lines of insurance generally purchased by individuals: automobile, homeowner\u27s, renter\u27s, health, life, and disability insurance. My conclusions differ from much of what has appeared recently in writings on classification in law reviews and public policy journals

Review of John Lucy, \u3cem\u3eLanguage Diversity and Thought\u3c/em\u3e

In this volume Lucy provides an incisive review of American literature on the linguistic relativity hypothesis, and a provocative reformulation of it. Lucy is comfortable in each of the major disciplines relevant to the language and thought debate - anthropology, linguistics, and psychology - and he provides a comprehensive reassessment. He also provides clear, balanced discussions of the difficult issues involved

Aiding Clinical Education Abroad: What Can Be Gained and The Learning Curve on How to Do So Effectively

The author advocates donor support for clinical education projects abroad and outlines the minimal requisites that she would have for such projects - direct experience with disadvantaged clients, faculty involvement, and sincerity and integrity of organizers. She cautions against funders and consultants pressing new clinics to fit American clinical models. She provides sample reporting questions that would require projects to reflect on goals sought and results achieved. She draws lessons for efforts to assist clinics abroad from critiques of the law and development movement (LDM), the last major international initiative in legal education reform; more recent efforts termed the New LDM; and studies of democracy assistance and rule-of-law projects, the rubrics under which many of today\u27s current legal education initiatives have been funded

Teaching Professional Responsibility in Legal Clinics Around the World

At a March 1999 Colloquium on Clinical Legal Education,1 a group of about 20 people, including a number of law faculty already teaching or planning to teach legal clinics in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union , were asked, What are the goals that you think are most important for a legal clinic? The most common answers were teaching about ethics and improving the ethical standards of law practice in participants\u27 respective countries through this focus in legal education

Insurance Classification: Too Important to be Left to the Actuaries

This Article classifies most of the public debate about classification as coming from one of two perspectives labeled traditional fair discrimination and antidiscrimination. Proponents of the status quo in classification and its regulation justify that status quo as fair discrimination. They argue that fair discrimination is both desirable and a reflection of a long-standing public policy judgment embodied in state law

Mapping Deictics: A Technique for Discovering Teachers\u27 Footing

This article presents a systematic technique for uncovering interactional patterns in conversation. While an indefinite number of verbal and paralinguistic cues can potentially establish interactional structure, one type of form often plays a central role. Deictics systematically index aspects of the context, and these forms often sketch out the framework of an interactional event. This article discusses and illustrates the methodological usefulness of one type of deitic in particular - participant deitics, or personal pronouns . It analyzes five minutes of a classroom conversation, and shows how systematic attention to participant deitics helps uncover the interactional dynamics. The paper ends by considering the limitations of this methodological technique