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...discussed important matters by the tumbling waters of the Pennsylvania creek." His involvement in the intricacies of fly fishing is cheerfully expert, so much so that some observations may seem impenetrable to outsiders: "I began to take a few fish on a small Fore-and-Aft fly with one grizzly hackle at each end of the hook and peacock herl wrapped in between," writes Carter. "Later I tied a few of them and the pattern proved to be surprisingly effective, both in the riffles and in the smooth water, even at times when the all-black Spruce Creek Special...
...ship was headed into a balmy wind, and a soft mist hung in the night air. Thirteen of the carrier's jets were still out on a routine training run. The pilot of one, an electronic radar-jamming EA-6B Prowler, had his plane a scant two miles aft of the Nimitz, and banked into position for a final approach. But the plane veered critically and crashed into a string of other aircraft packed close together on the carrier's flight deck. Within seconds, the three Marine officers flying the Prowler died; so did eleven of the ship...
...sequel to the original Star Wars, that opus has been retitled Star Wars: Episode IV, raising a meteor shower of questions. The answers: Lucas has begun his space saga in the middle, and both pictures are the centerpieces of a projected nine-part series. The remaining movies, fore and aft, have not yet been laid out in detail, but Lucas has the framework, a kind of history of what happened in that galaxy long ago and far away. A preview...
Leaning against the bright white aft cabin, Sophomore Paul McDowell, 19, of Tulane University, recalls his typical schedule for 24 hours aboard the ship this month...
...aft bulkhead problem was not a new one for the DC-9. McDonnell Douglas warned airlines three years ago that fatigue cracks had shown up in some early models of the plane. The manufacturers advised airlines to inspect the bulkheads more frequently or reinforce all of these early-model DC-9s with "doubler" pieces...