Mr Bush's nominee to run the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, Julie Myers, has little relevant experience other than being related to General Richard Myers and married to Michael Chertoff's chief of staff.

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The first is regression analysis, which seeks to measure whether an outcome, such as wage differentials between blacks and whites, is correlated with race once all other relevant factors, such as education and experience, are taken into account.

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The other aspect relevant to aviation is the increase in radiation that aircrew and passengers caught in a major solar storm would experience.

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