Word: copters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...country. For more than seven hours they gathered for the stated purpose of pledging themselves to self-reliance and respect for women. But there was more to it than that. By the simple fact of their numbers, by the sheer power of the headcounts and the wide-angle copter shots that still couldn't capture the whole crowd, they were there to remind Americans that even in a time of conservatism and backlash, the business of racism and inequality will not be ignored. The National Park Service initially estimated that the Million Man March drew 400,000 demonstrators...
...they strayed into North Korean airspace. But U.S. officials obtained no agreement on co-pilot Bobby Hall, who reportedly was taken captive after surviving the incident. Rep. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), who was in Pyongyang to discuss the nuclear accord that the U.S. might delay because of the copter tragedy, will oversee the return of Hilemon's body. North Korea's official radio reported Hall was "now in good health," but said Pyongyang would hold him at least until completion of a probe. Meanwhile in Washington -- where Administration officials have become apoplectic over North Korea's actions -- Defense Secretary...
...Costly Copter Ride...
Bogey: Clinton aide out after riding Bill's copter to a golf game...
Burton knows that moviegoers, just like the Penguin, need their oversize playthings. So he and production designer Bo Welch provided toys for the kids. The new-model Batmobile can get ultraslim (fast!) and slip through the narrowest crevice. The Penguin's parasol becomes an Umbrella-Copter, spiriting him out of the trouble he loves to make. At the end he sends his commando squadron of penguins to destroy the city: tuxedoed birds wearing embossed shields, tiny helmets and missiles with candy-cane stripes ( it is Christmas) on their backs. Some of the penguins were real, some were robot puppets, some...