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...drew nearer, few workers were certain of the exact date, but they could detect the quickening pace. Bernard Taylor, 84, was superintendent of a Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas, making PT-17 flight trainers. One day in November 1941, Taylor noted a harried congregation of high military brass outside his plant. Then he was called in by his boss, who declared, "You're in the glider business...
Thomas J. Carens '44 remembers the exact moment on the afternoon of December...
...done. "Boutrous-Ghali's outburst was not helpful," says a former U.N. peacekeeping official. "The members have got to get together and figure out what might work." Since the U.N. force was authorized, arguments have continued about what it should do, where the troops should be stationed, what their exact mission would be and how they would exit. U.S. officials question what any peacekeeping force can do unless both of the warring sides in Rwanda agree to a cease-fire...
...seven of the biggest U.S. companies doing business with China signed a letter to the President estimating that "in 10 years our cumulative sales to China will reach $158 billion, assuming normal relations." Clinton evidently got the message: in discussions with his advisers, he repeatedly ticked off the exact dollar losses for Boeing and McDonnell Douglas airplane makers -- and the electoral votes he could put at risk in states crucial to his re-election...
...course, we can't forget our Rangers in the State of the Apple address. 1940 was a long time ago--five Islanders, one Knicks and a slew of Yankees championships ago, to be more exact...