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...ever-helpful "stewards" and "stewardesses" (gender-neutral language was a low priority) knew surprisingly little about modern safety procedures." People did not extinguish their smoking materials. Tray and seat backs were not in the secure, upright and locked position...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Fly the Polish Skies--If You Dare | 3/23/1994 | See Source »

...Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party, the A.N.C.'s main black rival, such demands could further fuel the A.N.C.-Inkatha strife that has left thousands dead in the past decade. With tempers flaring, a less-than-magnificent win for the A.N.C. leader would make it more difficult to extinguish the simmering postelection prospect of civil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spoiling for a Victory | 2/21/1994 | See Source »

...several witnesses had seen two men in a blue pickup truck racing away from ground zero -- turned out to be a bust. By Thursday Ablott's team had interviewed the men, who could prove they not only had alerted neighbors to the fire's existence but had tried to extinguish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clues in the Ashes | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...Boston Fire Department was then called in to extinguish the flames...

Author: By Allen C. Soong, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Trucks Set Ablaze by Vandals | 12/9/1992 | See Source »

Fortunately for the industry, costly catastrophes tend to extinguish price wars by squeezing discounters out of the market and by presenting survivors with a can't-miss opportunity to raise rates. In the aftermath of Hugo, South Carolina premiums increased an average of 3.5%. Most analysts expect rates in South Florida to rise at least 10% in 1993, meaning the average annual premium for homeowners will reach $440. Average auto-insurance rates could hit $1,050 next year, up $50 from 1992. However, a senior-level insurance executive contends that insurers would be justified in doubling or tripling prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Through the Roof | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

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