Word: arango
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Andres Pastrana Arango, a mayoral candidate in Bogota, also ran afoul of the cartel. Two months ago, he was kidnaped from his office and taken, blindfolded, to a hideout near Medellin. After seven days he was released. Police raided the house where he had been held and uncovered a cache of weapons that included more than a dozen U.S.-made AR-15 rifles as well as Austrian-manufactured assault weapons and Israeli Uzi submachine guns. Also found were assorted 9-mm pistols, infrared night-vision scopes and a sniper rifle. "They have the kind of arms you only...
...blanket the radio dial in the Southwest. Researchers in conservative Protestant seminaries analyze evangelistic strategies. Personal contacts are stressed. Says Catholic Archbishop Robert Sanchez of Santa Fe, N. Mex.: "They're out there ringing doorbells and going into people's homes. That's hard to beat." The Rev. Tony Arango, pastor of Florida's growing East Hialeah Baptist Church, whose membership is heavily Cuban, says, "Our witnessing is done by all our members. We believe in the aggressive approach...
Although a new, single-engine, two-seater, six-gear aircraft costs around $30,000 to $40,000, Hicks is not the only club member who dreams of owning an airplane. Arango says that he hopes to pursue a career that will allow him to fly himself places for business reasons...
...Arango, whose uncle owns airplanes and was the first Mexican to fly around the world in a twin-engine airplane, explains that he started flying planes in Mexico City with his father when he was eight years old. He says, "Now that I teach, I think it's definitely an advantage to learn young. When you're young, you tend not to take things so seriously. I don't want to say you don't get scared, but it's a different perspective...
Like his flying partner Arango, Russell also learned his skills at a young age--from his father, a commerical pilot, and his mother, a flight attendant. He recalls. "Most kids would go fishing, but my dad and I would talk airplanes. We'd go down to the airport and he'd show me the control rooms and weather maps...