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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...I.A.P.A. pointed out that at least 17 DC-10s have been wrecked since the plane began flying 18 years ago; that amounts to 3.8% of the 445 DC-10s built by McDonnell Douglas, a higher percentage than that recorded by comparable superjets like the Lockheed L-1011 (1.2%). Both the FAA and McDonnell Douglas rejected the I.A.P.A.'s request. Said FAA spokesman John Leyden: "There's nothing that's come out of the Sioux City accident indicating a basic design flaw that would warrant such an action...
Other crash scenes have been more ghoulish. After 137 people died in the Aug. 2, 1985, crash of a Delta L-1011 at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, legions of lawyers sought business amid the chaos, scurrying among emergency- relief workers and hospital aides. They even tramped through the halls of Parkland Memorial Hospital handing out name cards to the families of the deceased. Top lawyers in the field, who get their cases mainly through referrals, consider such tactics lowbrow. "I have utter contempt for those who choose to get cases this way. They deserve the bad reputation they have...
...just a little more than a year ago when the Duke marched into the Democratic Convention in Atlanta as a conquering hero. He had just successfully walked a political tightrope, garnering the support of the liberal Rev. Jesse L. Jackson only days after choosing the conservative Sen. Lloyd Bensten (D-Tex.) as his running mate...
President: Colin F. Boyle '90 Business Manager: Henry Sicignano III '90 Editorial Staff: Jennifer M. Frey '90 Michael L. Gordon '91 Melissa R. Hart '91 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Michael d. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Lisa A. Taggart '91 Business Staff: Julie Y. Chen '91 Elizabeth s. Hilton '92 Timothy B. Paydos '92 Steven C. Zang '90 Photo Editor: Sandra Coudert...
President: Colin F. Boyle '90 Business Manager: Henry Sicignano III '90 Editorial Staff: Jennifer M. Frey '90 Michael L. Gordon '91 Melissa R. Hart '91 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Michael D. Stankiewicz '90-'91 Lisa A. Taggart '91 Business Staff: Julie Y. Chen '91 Elizabeth S. Hilton '92 Timothy B. Paydos '92 Steven C. Zang '90 Photo Editor: Sandra Coudert...