Word: flew
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Your coverage of the shooting of two policemen in Washington's Capitol by a gunman left no stones unturned [NATION, Aug. 3]. The flag flew at half-staff to express Americans' concerns at the loss of these men, but maybe we should also mourn our justice system. Why should we spend effort, time and money to save the gunman's life, and perhaps pay attorneys to put him away for a couple of years? All this will be paid for by hardworking Americans, who would like to see this person put away where he belongs--in an unmarked grave...
...Angola is angry about not being consulted over the move against Kabila," explains TIME correspondent Marguerite Michaels. "When the Rwandan-backed rebels suddenly flew over and started capturing territory the southwest of the country -- Angola's back yard -- Angola immediately challenged Rwanda and began sending Kabila logistical support, which has helped him slow the rebel advance." With Kabila having failed to stop UNITA rebels attacking Angola from his territory, the Angolans can't be too happy with his performance -- they're more likely to be backing him in order to thwart a Rwandan plan to break up the Congo...
...first time Glenn flew, the family stayed at home in Arlington, Va., watching the launch on TV, since the Glenns were reluctant to pull their son and daughter out of school for the trip to Cape Canaveral. This time wife, children and the Glenns' two grandsons will all be there for lift-off. Glenn takes a small, whimsical pleasure in pointing out that his grandsons, who will be 16 and 14 in the fall, are the same age his son and daughter--now 52 and 50--were the last time he flew...
...kind of perspective shifting, that kind of standing back from the pointillist portrait of history, may be what Glenn's return to space is really all about. Glenn and NASA will never wholly concede this spiritual point, but Glenn and NASA don't have to concede it. John Glenn flew in 1962, and an exuberant country decided it just might live forever. Thirty-six years later, an older, more sober nation could use a little of that feeling again...
...through Central America, the Amazon and the Caribbean with a mind-boggling array of sportsman's toys and a retinue of family, friends and assistants. "To work with Jimmy," says pilot Jim Powell, "you've got to think and whistle at the same time." Buffett and his little boy flew his huge, cacophonous 1947 Grumman Albatross seaplane; Jane and their youngest daughter rode in his Citation jet. ("Remember," he tells his audiences, "I am spending your money foolishly." Right now, he's thinking about buying a staggered-wing biplane and a truffle farm in Provence--if Jane will...