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...York mountain, about 20 miles southwest of Vail. The mystery of why Button left the Arizona-bound flight path of his three-plane team has raised speculation that he might have purposely broken away. There have been several incidents of military air tragedies that occurred when pilots wanted to dip their wings over their girlfriend's house or put on an air show for one of the pilots' parents, notes TIME's Mark Thompson. "But in the military, you don't go off course to do that. Button's team was supposed to go to Arizona. And Button went...
...ways, Americans are suffering a crisis of faith. Some people have lost their faith, so they dip into sleaze news, snickering as they scan the more imaginative tabloids. Others have replaced belief in God or government by faith in more eccentric notions; they look to the stars, to Star Trek. According to polls, 40% think aliens have visited our planet; 70% believe in a J.F.K. assassination conspiracy. Hey, didn't a U.S. missile shoot down TWA Flight 800? In January, you know, Elvis turned 62. Just recently, he cashed his first Social Security check...
...growth. Because Greenspan had hinted for months that a rise might be coming, Wall Street's reaction to the news was mild. Wondering whether the Fed would raise rates again at its May meeting, investors reversed a 47-point gain and sent prices back down for a 29 point dip by day's end. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond, used in determining consumer and business lending rates, increased only slightly, rising to 6.95 percent from Monday's 6.92 percent. For a tricky balancing act, it was a solid first day. If the Fed succeeds in creating...
...given to most people to know them. An exception to this rule is his chilling parable of Lazarus and Dives: The rich master, consigned to hell, lifts up his eyes to the beggar, who has been "carried by angels into Abraham's bosom," requesting that Lazarus dip a finger in some water to cool him. Impossible, says Abraham, for "between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence...
...masters hold teas at which they serve chocolate cake, carrot cake, hummus and pita, cream-cheese brownies, nuts, chips and dip, cheese and crackers and baked brie (which you have to taste to believe). Tutors also hold wine tastings for those over...