1.   The crew say lives are at risk until repairs can be completed.

2.   But with fighter pilots depending on them for the fuel to get home with, the tanker crews say they have a feeling their friends will look after them.

3.   Both crews said their three-day linkup, which concluded early Saturday when Atlantis undocked and inched away from Mir, ended too soon.

4.   A spokesman for American, Tim Smith, said the American crew said they never saw the commuter plane and received no warning from controllers.

5.   But the crew said it had pitch control difficulties as it descended.

6.   Crew said he sees a broader problem.

7.   Crew said he seriously considered calling the press to disavow the results.

8.   Crew said he would reserve the right to veto the number of officers assigned to a school.

9.   Crew said Ms. McIntee, as the principal of a small school, was too inexperienced.

10.   Crew said on Thursday that there was a clear difference between the two cases.