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Nearer my death to thee: Cruising in the closecomfort of a prop jet into the lights of Quebecfor a bilingual spring break, FM thought all thoseyears of French had come to naught. We could havesworn we heard the pilot use the words"bombe" and "une evacuation" as we circledthe city. Silly us, we thought, those Canadiansare too busy trying to keep warm in late March toworry about bombing airports. The pilot'scharmingly accented anglais told usotherwise...
...Force F-16D fighter jet collided with a C-130 cargo plane as both were attempting to land at North Carolina's Pope Air Force Base, raining down flaming debris that killed 23 Army paratroopers and injured scores of others. In Edison, New Jersey, an underground natural-gas pipeline exploded in a fierce fireball, carving out a huge crater and destroying eight apartment buildings. Miraculously, only one person died -- indirectly, of a heart attack...
...recent day, Bush rushed to pick up Lauren, his son Neil's nine-year-old, to take her to school for a grandfather-granddaughter breakfast. He was half an hour late for a jet waiting to fly him to Mexico for a speech. Promises to grandchildren take precedence...
...eight, for reasons that are still unclear, Glennie's auditory nerves gradually deteriorated and she lost most of her hearing. Today she can just barely discern the loud ring of a telephone right next to her ear, and she can sense rather than hear the rumble of a jet plane overhead. Her determination and natural talent, however, were enough to qualify her for London's Royal Academy of Music, where she graduated with honors. Glennie then compounded her professional challenge by setting out as a soloist instead of a rank-and-file orchestral player. Plenty of people make a living...
Jimmy Johnson promising victory over the San Francisco 49ers in this year's NFC Championship game? Perhaps Joe Namath guaranteeing a Jet victory over the Colts in Super Bowl...