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...investigation into Wednesday's incident continues, Pentagon officials insist that the two Air National Guard F-16 fighters were not toying with a Nations Air jet flying off the New Jersey coast. The pilot of the Boeing 727 followed safety procedures and went first into a steep dive, then a sharp climb, jostling the 84 people aboard. At least one of the F-16s stayed reportedly within 400 feet of the plane. Air traffic controllers could not help, because the aircrafts' radar blips had merged on their screens. Although the military says the pilots followed correct procedures, "The fighter pilots...
...high culture dead in America? Or have TIME's aesthetic taste buds gone dead? If all you can offer for "The Best Theater of 1996" is Rent as an updated opera, then American culture has indeed taken a dive. And as far as music is concerned, what happened to the brilliant performances of Wagner's Ring at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, or other noteworthy performances? How can watered-down rap as performed by the Fugees define what our culture should aspire to? Taste notwithstanding, you have completely ignored whole artistic genres. Your selection of the best should cover more...
Miller continued Harvard's surge with a first place in the following event, the one meter dive, and the Crimson began whittling away its deficit...
...over first by a bad economy and then by Japanese luxury models. "It was not just accidental sheer desire to build a vehicle," says Rick Ford, a senior vice president of Porsche, USA. "With this company we can ill afford an error." Porsche saw its U.S. sales nose-dive from a high...
...have to admit they have a point. I considered the incongruity of sports like football and Ultimate Frisbee in a Harvard student's life. Realistically, how many times does a class require you to count alligators? Do you have to dive for a frisbee while walking through the Yard? (On second thought, don't answer that.) Some might say Harvard intramurals should reflect the necessary competitive skills for Harvard life. We could easily have a library scavenger hunt, essay-draft basketball played in a suite with crumpled-up essay drafts, or my personal favorite, floppy disk fencing, where the last...