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Those worried-and worrisome -comments came last week from a member of a band of experts who normally know all the answers: the National Transportation Safety Board's "go teams" of plane-crash investigators. Over the years they have been able to pinpoint a "probable cause" in 97% of all U.S. air accidents. Yet even these legendary investigators remained in doubt about the precise cause of the worst U.S. air tragedy in history-the crash of an American Airlines DC-10 jumbo jet near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Memorial Day weekend that killed...
There was little celebration, though, even among blacks. In his first official act, Muzorewa swore in his 16-member Cabinet, composed of eleven black and five white ministers, and offered the "hand of fellowship" to the guerrillas of the Patriotic Front, led by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, asking them to lay down their arms under a government amnesty. It was an invitation not likely to be accepted...
...million), and the University of Wisconsin (of $11 million). Other colleges have chosen partial divestiture, or selling stock selectively in those companies that fail to observe the Sullivan principles, a set of guidelines established by the Rev. Leon Sullivan, a black civil rights activist and General Motors board member, which outline affirmative-action policies. Among them: Amherst ($1 million), Smith ($680,000), Columbia ($2.7 million), Boston University ($7 million), Brandeis ($350,000), Yale ($900,000), Vassar ($2.2 million), Ohio State...
Mathematically, at least, the chances of producing such a champion seem much reduced: only 1,665 foals were registered when Sir Barton won; 8,434 when Citation won in 1948; last year the number was 31,326. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, member of one of America's most distinguished racing families, pondered the problem last week and concluded, "I can't think of any logical reason for more Triple Crown horses lately. And if we do get a third in a row this year, I think it's mostly chance...
...booked into 67 cities, with 48 more on the waiting list. "Buildings Reborn" was organized by New Yorker Barbaralee Diamonstein, author of a handsome book by the same name (Harper & Row; $10) and herself a pioneer in the movement. Says Diamonstein, a former White House aide and a charter member of the New York Landmarks Conservancy: "Adaptive re-use [of old buildings] is moving from erratic initiative, a loft here, a firehouse there, to become a superb planning tool. It's no longer just a question of restoring a mansard roof or a neoclassic colonnade but of looking...