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LIKE MOST TRAGEDIES, THE CRASH OF AN EL AL 747-200F cargo jet last week came without warning. Six minutes after taking off from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport bound for Tel Aviv, the pilot reported a fire in a right-wing engine. Seconds later another engine failed and the freighter hurtled into a 10-story apartment building just 10 miles from the airport. As rescue workers uncovered the remains of 51 victims on the ground -- many others were incinerated and will never be found -- investigators searched for an explanation. El Al says an engine fire on the same plane...
Never mind that Macedonia's constitution explicitly disavows any such claim. Or that its army consists of about 6,000 ragtag troops armed with pistols and rifles, while Greece's is more than 25 times larger and is equipped with tanks, heavy artillery and jet fighters. Or that there is neither precedent nor justification in international law for one country to tell another what it can call itself...
...native of Abingdon, Illinois, and a 1946 graduate of Annapolis, Stockdale was one of the most celebrated POWs of the Vietnam War. Captured in 1965 when he parachuted from his crippled A-4 jet, he spent nearly eight years at the camp known as the Hanoi Hilton. He endured regular torture sessions, and was often kept in leg irons and solitary confinement. At one point he severely bruised and cut himself so his captors would not dare parade him in front of their propaganda cameras. Stockdale, who still limps from his wartime injuries, was awarded the Medal of Honor...
...easy to read. Accuracy in use of language, information, and spelling is key. Word processing on a computer is the most efficient way to produce your resume as you can try out different formats easily. It is not advisable to print your resume on a dot matrix printer. Laser jet and other types of letter quality printers are available in a variety of places around the University. Check and double check to make sure that there are absolutely no errors...
This just in: a forthcoming edition of the Catholic catechism lists sins never pondered by Moses. Driving a car or piloting a commercial jet while intoxicated, for example. Cheating on your taxes. Dealing drugs. Cooking the company books and committing other types of business fraud. Bill Clinton, take note: in Rome's view, it is still O.K. to make war, if it is a good war, but also to disobey the government when...