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...outburst of hostilities confirmed Britain's determination to enforce the total air and sea blockade of the Falklands that went into effect at 7 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Friday. At that point, British government spokesmen had made it clear that Argentine planes on the ground, including the Italian-built Aermacchi light attack aircraft spotted on the islands, would be considered in violation of the ban on all non-British craft within a 200-mile radius of the islands...
...number of factors helped keep casualties low. The fires occurred at an hour when people were waking up and when daylight offered visibility. Also, the blaze burned from the roofs downward, affording precious extra seconds for people to escape. Perhaps most important was the selfless heroism of residents who pounded on the doors of sleeping neighbors before fleeing. One additional stroke of luck: the winds subsided at midmorning, giving fire fighters a chance to contain the advancing flames...
...game which has gone five innings and sees one team leading by 10 or more runs will be called. But if two squads are engaged in a nailbiter, the following contests will have to start late. As Harvard Coach John Wentzell pointed out, it's a good thing Daylight Savings Time starts this weekend...
Describing the stabbing as the most serious incident in daylight during his three and a halt year tenure, Ashton added. "I have great confidence that [the Arboretum] is really a safe place. It has a ground crew of 12, no other city park has so many people in the maintenance staff...
During the daylight hours, there are more patrols of El Salvador's rural highways by the news media than by the government forces and guerrillas combined. Those who strike it lucky are envied by the others. One night, at the microwave station feeding the day's catch to the U.S.,-this reporter, who had found only sleeping soldiers after a day of fruitless searching, was told by a competitor that "ABC has bang-bang just like Viet Nam [the highest class of footage]. Tim Ross [ABC freelance correspondent] has a colonel in a jeep, just like central casting...