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When the red warning light flashed on the instrument panel of the Israeli air-force helicopter, one passenger had good reason to be alarmed. Said Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who suffered a broken back in a 1964 plane crash: "I've been through this before. Fasten your seat belts." The order was unnecessary; the chopper carrying the Senator and wife Joan Kennedy to a meeting with Defense Minister Moshe Dayan made a safe emergency landing on a beach south of Tel Aviv, giving the Kennedys an opportunity to stroll around and collect sea shells. Said the unflustered Joan...
...believes that environments offer a means of liberation. "Too many guys," he says, "are imprisoned in and by their $40,000 homes. Like my students, they might find liberation in a 4-ft. cube." Two of the four shelves inside the cube can form a seat while the others fasten into the moldings to form a desk or table. Later, a bed can be made of a pair of shelves-the sleeper's feet extend through a side-window flap. Another variation: a student can open a roof flap, stick head and shoulders out and use the roof...
...extremely tenuous. It consisted of a few bones, excavated in Italy and Rumania, containing holes in the forearms and heels that could have been made during crucifixions. But there was never any trace of the nails that might have been used to penetrate the body of the victim and fasten him to the cross...
...short-and medium-range flights, most Eastern European lines fly Soviet aircraft, which are primarily designed for rapid conversion into military transports. The seats are uncomfortably narrow and invariably dusty. More often than not, seat belts refuse to fasten. Pressurization is weak and uncertain...
...JOURNAL (NET, 9-10 p.m.). "Fasten Your Seat Belts" is a report on our snarled airports and hazard-ridden skies as air traffic outdistances the construction of new ground facilities. Repeat...