Word: flighted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other members of the freshman class faced similar struggles. In the third singles flight, Fleur Broughton lost her first round match 3-6, 0-6 to William & Mary's Iesayca Arthur. However, Broughton bounced back with a 6-3, 6-2 win in the loser's bracket, which led to a match with the top seed in the flight, Duke's Ioana Plesu...
...highest ranked freshman was Andrea Magyera, who played in the second flight of the tournament. Not surprisingly, Magyera fell in the first match of her collegiate career. What was unusual was the unfortunate manner in which the loss occurred. Having dropped the first set 3-6 and down 1-4 in the second, the freshman was forced to retire due to an injury...
Israel is also renowned for its airport security measures, some of which border on the most sensible sort of paranoia. Israeli pilots and flight attendants, some of the best to come out of mandatory army service, know a thing or two about how to wrest an airplane from terrorists if necessary. Security questionnaires along with seat assignments have long been the norm here...
...FRANK BORMAN, second from left. "NASA could get better data monitoring him for 10 days in bed." WALLY SCHIRRA, far left, was similarly wry. "I can think of several more Senators we should boost into space." Even JIM LOVELL, second from right, next to TOM STAFFORD, said the Glenn flight was all about p.r. But Eugene Cernan, the last human to moonwalk, differs. "I don't care if John just stares out the window for 10 days," he said. "He's earned...
DIED. JONATHAN MANN, 51, aids and human-rights activist who in 1986 founded the World Health Organization's program to fight AIDS; aboard Swissair Flight 111. His wife, MARY LOU CLEMENTS-MANN, 51, an AIDS vaccine expert, also died in the crash...