Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...history, four -- count 'em, four -- Czechoslovak-born players reached the finals of the U.S. Open last week, the first time any single country was so well represented. When it was all over and done at New York City's National Tennis Center, Helena Sukova, 21, and Miloslav Mecir, 22, flew home to Czechoslovakia and hero's welcomes, while the victorious Czechomericans Ivan Lendl, 26, and Martina Navratilova, 29, collected their $210,000 prizes and stayed on in their adopted country. Although he is still a Czech citizen, Lendl has places in Florida, New York and Connecticut, and has not been...
...AVIV, Israel--Prime Minister Shimon Peres flew to Washington yesterday to meet President Reagan and to try to gain U.S. backing for the accord between Israel and Egypt calling for an international conference on the Middle East...
...Roger." This plane is not believed to have been Kramer's Piper. Seconds later the controller's attention was diverted by a "pop-up," a small plane that unexpectedly radioed for traffic advice and instrument control. The controller assigned the plane a transponder code for identification as the craft flew across the Los Angeles Basin. But precious time was wasted when the pilot got the number wrong and had to be corrected...
...cramped and crowded Dallas courtroom last week, Federal District Judge Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. listened patiently as volleys of charges and countercharges flew between lawyers for the Placid Oil Co. and its creditor banks. On the surface, the squabble over corporate bankruptcy seemed mundane. In fact, the rancorous debate was anything but routine. For Placid is not just any oil company. It is the crown jewel of the financial empire built by the legendary Texan H.L. Hunt and ruled today by his beleaguered sons and heirs. Behind the legal posturing was nothing less than a desperate struggle to save...
...that to most Americans, the pretense so obviously overwhelmed any symmetry. Zakharov, after all, was almost assuredly a spy, nabbed as he took delivery of material that he had specifically requested. Daniloff, according to all reliable reports, was most assuredly not. Declared U.S. News Chairman Mortimer Zuckerman, who immediately flew to Moscow: "Daniloff is no more a spy than Gidget." Added Daniloff's angry wife Ruth, after visiting him in prison: "The whole thing is an outrage and a complete and absolute frame-up. Nick is, basically, a hostage...