And then there was this reminder from the U.S. Tax Court--that no matter how bad the preparer, it's the taxpayer who's on the hook for any back taxes owed, possiblyforever.
Thus, since the military would no longer require any new C-17s, the one active American manufacturing line that is capable of building wide body military transport plane would be allowed to go dormant - possiblyforever.
The phaseout won't be completed until 2006 or so, but for the second time in the past decade the once-famous marque will disappear, possibly this time forever.
Corrections: Duke Nukem Forever was initially mistitled Duke Nukem 3D, possibly out of a subconscious wish that Duke Nukem 3D was the latest in the franchise.