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...found the old campaigner with candidate lists and vote projections. He advised Dole to do his job in the Senate and stay away from the candidate "cattle shows." Dole loved it all, especially when the former President, having relinquished his Secret Service agents, took Dole to and from the airport...
...which all 329 occupants perished. In February, an Iberia Boeing 727 crashed into a mountain in Spain, killing all 148 aboard. Just two weeks ago, a Delta Air Lines wide-bodied Lockheed L-1011 failed to reach the runway while attempting a landing in a thunderstorm at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, dooming 134. The accidents seemed to have little in common; in all but one, however, widebodied airliners were involved. With the JAL crash, the worldwide civil aviation death toll for 1985 passed 1,400, making it the most lethal air travel year in history and raising, once again, fears about...
COGIB Three French airports, FNAC and other retailers, and France Telecom shops have recently introduced this phone booth for the 21st century. Created by France-based Galea Technologies, Cogib is a kiosk with compartments for four phones or PDAs. Pay a euro, pick a plug, and lock in the device for a full charge in 20 minutes. The Cogib is already in Dubai International Airport, and Galea has its sights set on the rest of Europe...
...past seven years, these gyrating geriatrics have performed mostly in Europe but also in Australia, Canada and Hawaii, playing to sold-out houses. Not bad, considering that collectively their medical histories include pacemakers, heart attacks and hip replacements. They take three wheelchairs on tour for long walks between airport gates and for getting around town...
...believed by many to be the so-called 20th hijacker. He had tried to enter the U.S. in August 2001, allegedly to take part in the Sept. 11 attacks. But while Mohammed Atta, the eventual leader of the hijackers, was waiting outside in the Orlando, Fla., airport parking lot, al-Qahtani was detained inside--and then deported--by an alert immigration officer who didn't buy his story...