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"No sound of an explosion was heard," Ochiai continued. "The ceiling above the rear lavatory came off. The automatic O2 [oxygen] masks dropped down at the same time, and the prerecorded announcement [on use of the masks] started."
"If this is hard work, I feel guilty," joked Congressman Bill Nelson, 43, who is training at Houston before blasting off on the space shuttle in three weeks. "In addition to learning how to use the toilet, I have another purpose. I want to understand how NASA works and how...
At one point the man approached a passenger who turned out to be an Egyptian security agent, Medhat Mustafa Kamal. The agent produced a pistol and shot and killed the hijacker. In the ensuing fire fight, the other hijackers shot and wounded the agent and two stewardesses. Panicked, the passengers...
Jeeps left over from the war, 1955 Chevrolets, 1953 Czech-made Skodas and armies of dilapidated jalopies jounce and judder through the broad avenues of Rangoon, Burma's capital. In the distance, red-brick Victorian steeples poke up among the golden domes of the pagodas, and along the road, great...
“As women moved up through the ranks, they hit this higher-level glass ceiling, which was invisible, even to the women themselves,” Hopkins says.