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Welcome to the flyover follies, that breathless period when presidential campaigning is reduced to touchdowns, tarmacs and takeoffs. With more than 20 states holding primaries and caucuses during the next two weeks, the candidates are modern-day versions of Phileas Fogg, racing across the political landscape in a brutal battle to beat the clock. The only way to cope is to fly in, fly out, and pray that the local television cameras are there to record...
...pedestrians will stroll across its 4,200-ft. span, repeating a similar parade that took place at the bridge's inauguration in 1937, when 200,000 celebrators paid a nickel apiece for the privilege of walking across the bridge on its first day. Those opening ceremonies, which included a flyover by 450 planes from three aircraft carriers, ended up $70,000 in the red. In these more extravagant times, expenditures for the golden anniversary festivities exceed that, but confused organizers say they do not know by how much. Although scaled down from original plans to rival last year's Statue...
...fell last Monday, and, as is traditional, the celebrations included a splashy military parade outside the capital city of Islamabad that tied up most of the Pakistan air force. This year, however, the festivities carried a steep price. With 72 Pakistani bomber and fighter planes diverted for a ceremonial flyover, the Soviet-backed Afghan air force took advantage of the security breach and struck three villages just inside Pakistan's northwestern border, where more than 1 million Afghan refugees live. At least 181 people were killed, and 200 others injured...
Henderson dispatches his cadets to post signs around the building, and asks for volunteers to serve as ushers; the post will be officially "activated" in ceremonies this morning outside the school. Originally Rep. James Shannon (D-Mass.) had been scheduled to appear, and four AF-10 jets planned a flyover. But Shannon sends his regrets, and someone crosses out "AF-10 jets" on the press release, replacing it with "color guard." Mainly, there are brass, and from their appearance, tinted sunglasses are now as regulation as black shoes. They gather in small knots, discussing logistics, while the students trickle into...
...people gathered for a peaceful rally in the main square of the provincial capital of Kwangju last week, two gleaming South Korean air force jets arced across the city, made several passes over the demonstrators, then disappeared. The reconnaissance flyover was the first signal that South Korea's military was preparing to break the rebel seizure of Kwangju. For nine days the city had been under the control of some 200 dissident students who had led a full-scale citizens' insurrection, seizing all government buildings and most police stations. For nine days, several thousand troops that had been...