Word: flew
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...person in a blocking group of five members—four of whom flew to the Dominican Republic yesterday for spring break—said he was not too disappointed about being assigned to Cabot House...
Moreover, Horowitz cleverly explained, “You can’t fight suitcase bombs with missiles.” The Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) is also to blame for lax protection against terrorism. Six months after Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi flew two jetliners into the World Trade Center, the Florida flight school that trained the men received paperwork showing that their student visas had been approved. How is it possible that terrorists were able to enter the country on tourist visas and be trained without the paperwork to stay? This is a strong indication that...
...after being postponed for 48 hours because of bad weather. At Bagram, Colonel Frank Wiercinski told his men that this would be a "defining moment" in their lives. Echoing the motto of the 10th Mountain Division, he said, "This is your climb to glory." The helicopters took off and flew south. The division, heading for battle position Eve, attacked the villages of Sarkhankhel, Marzak and Babakul, taking al-Qaeda by surprise. "The bad guys were drinking tea when we arrived," says Hagenbeck. "Our snipers," says one soldier, "whacked a whole lot of people...
...retirement. Now he had just lost $20 million in equity through a failed business venture. Also in Age Wave, Dychtwald predicted boomers would become a "sandwich generation," simultaneously caring for their parents and their kids. Now he found himself leaving his daughter and son behind in California as he flew to Florida, where his mother had become ill with cancer...
...were casting the mother in Lost in Yonkers,Gene Saks, our director, wanted to make sure that IRENE WORTH had the right German accent to play the part. Problem was, she was living in England and would not come over to audition. Instead, producer Manny Azenberg, Saks and myself flew to London to meet with her. We invited her to lunch and she was amiable and charming, while Saks tried to coax her into doing the German accent for us. With a fiery look in her eyes, she shouted angrily: "I will not audition!" Defeated, we continued our lunch. When...