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...could feel a big knot of tightness in his neck. Gabrielle had worked on it that afternoon...
Thursday, January 30 NET PLAYHOUSE (NET, 8-9:30 p.m.). Athol Fugard's drama, The Blood Knot, explores the relationship of two South African brothers-one black and the other who could pass for white...
Trapped by advancing flames, some crewmen were forced to jump six stories down to the water, despite the devouring suction created by Enterprise's 30-knot speed. Others held fast against flying shrapnel and searing heat. Airman George Conditt, 21, of Chicago tried to pull a Phantom away from the fire. "While I was hooking up," he says, "a big piece of shrapnel flew through the plane. Fuel started running out and caught fire. I jumped out of the tractor, and in a minute, both plane and tractor were blown to bits...
...years ago, but the steam turbines on the Queen went awry. The casings did not allow enough room for normal heat expansion of the 10-ft. rotor blades, and the engines were thrown out of balance. As a result, speeds had to be cut from a normal 28½ knots to 14 knots. Sometimes they dropped as low as one knot...
...tied the balloon in a knot and began bounding, around the room, knocking the balloon up into the air with his head. Around him were a couple of small children, playing with balloons of their own, and several young men and women, also in leotards. While Ted bounced the enormous balloon off his head, the young dancers--members of the Boston Conservatory Dance Group--did sit ups and stretches. In the corner of the room near the door, a group of about 50 students, having taken off their shoes and socks, looked on in bewilderment...