Word: finnishness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Americans," says one Israeli expert. "But he has no expertise in this type of action. His specialty is assassinations." While a caller to the U.S. embassy in Helsinki had warned that terrorists allied with Abu Nidal planned to sabotage a Frankfurt-to-New York Pan Am flight, Finnish authorities insist that the tipster was a habitual alarmist whose call was a mere coincidence. Said FBI director William Sessions last week: "The bureau believes that it was a hoax and not connected to Flight...
Though the Finnish government subsequently said it knew the identity of the telephone tipster and did not take the warning seriously, the FAA was sufficiently concerned to advise all major U.S. carriers, including Pan Am, of the threat, though the news was not passed on to the general public. After the crash, some bereaved relatives of the victims expressed anger that neither the Government nor the airline had seen fit to caution the public. In response, Government agencies pointed out that they frequently receive warnings of terrorist activity, most of which are meaningless; in fact, more than 100 advisories...
...engineer, Norman grew up in Townsville, Australia, in subtropical Queensland. The prevailing Australian ethos held that "if you don't get hit, it isn't a sport," so Norman played Australian Rules football, essentially a riot with goalposts. When he was 16 his mother, a low-handicap amateur of Finnish descent, gave him two of Nicklaus' books. The boy read them and decided to give golf a try. It soon became clear that the late starter was a prodigy. Greg's father Merv recalls that he made "phenomenal progress," shooting par within 18 months of first picking up a golf...
...Finnish dairy company. Kiss your $250,000 endorsement contract from us goodbye. We are Kyodo Oil Co. of Japan. Forget about our advertising contract. We don't want you touting our products. Besides, Ben, what do you know about...
...populations. Many critics called for a complete ban on shows, citing a list of 13 accidents in Europe during the past six years that have taken the lives of more than 110 people, most of them civilians. A bare 25 minutes before the Ramstein accident, horrified spectators watched a Finnish pilot dive to his death at an air show near Hasselt, Belgium...