Word: finely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conventional romantic comedy--giving it a generic, by-the-numbers feel. Kate's soul-searching and self-discovery are formulaic, and Aniston's too lightweight an actor for anything more. Kate superficially faces the same sort of work vs. love conflict as Michelle Pfeiffer's character in "One Fine Day." But here the conflict just doesn't seem particularly important or convincing; and her parallel moment of epiphany and instant morality again feels scripted. (Pfeiffer, of course, had the enormous help of an especially cute kid peering through the window...
MIAMI: TIME aviation expert Jerry Hannifin says eyewitness accounts support the theory that engine failure caused the deadly crash of a Fine Air cargo jet yesterday. After hearing witness reports of the plane "wobbling" upon takeoff from Miami International, Hannifin believes the tragedy that killed the DC-8's four-man crew and injured four others on the ground was likely the result of a stalled compressor in one of the plane's engines...
...dismissed speculation the crash had anything to do with the fact that the "ancient" plane (they stopped making the DC-8 15 years ago) full of blue jeans bound for the Dominican Republic had been scheduled to take off the previous night. Hannifin pointed out cargo operations such as Fine Air customarily operate "on demand," not sticking to any working schedule...
...investigators are asking why it happened. One factor could be the age of the plane. "The DC-8 is a fine old flying machine," says TIME's aviation expert Jerry Hannifin, "but it's certainly an ancient plane." Furthermore, what was this ancient plane doing taking off in the middle of the day today, when it had been scheduled to take off at 11pm last night...
...Fine Air Vice President Nancy Adels said the plane, filled with blue jeans bound for the Dominican Republic, was the victim of a "routine delay" while awaiting its cargo. "It happens all the time," she said. Meanwhile Fine Air also faces a stock problem - they went public only yesterday, and shares plummeted on the news of the crash...