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Rose scrambled for 22 yards on the first play, setting up first-and-10 at midfield. On the next play, Farley reached around a Husky defender while sprawled out in midair to make a spectacular 23-yard diving catch. Farley led all Harvard receivers with four catches for 78 yards...
...CHINA Plain Talk Negotiations between American and Chinese officials ended without agreement on the return of a U.S. spy plane or responsibility for its midair collision with a Chinese fighter jet. China showed video footage of what it called "very convincing" proof that the U.S. plane was to blame for the incident and continued to demand an end to U.S. surveillance flights off China's coast. The U.S. said dangerous flying by the Chinese pilot caused the accident, in which the pilot died. Tension was increased further with a display of military prowess by Taiwan, ahead of a looming...
Accompanied by the surviving F-8, Osborn's plane flew toward the Chinese airstrip, staying over water as long as possible to avoid upsetting his surprised hosts. About 20 min. after the midair collision, the EP-3E made a hair-raising landing, unable to slow down because its braking wing flaps had been wrecked in the accident. A dislodged antenna had wrapped itself around the EP-3E's tail, further complicating the landing. Chinese troops quickly surrounded the prized plane, wielding weapons and demanding over bullhorns that the Americans abandon the craft. After a tense 15-min. standoff--during which...
...will he be allowed to keep? So far he has fared badly, failing to maneuver his followers into key spots or secure a position for himself. His opponents, especially among military hard-liners, consider him too soft, too willing to submit to U.S. demands. So when word of the midair collision reached his home in the cloistered Zhongnanhai leadership compound in central Beijing, Jiang seized his chance to consolidate power by acting tough...
...What ground does the U.S. military want reclaimed when it sits down with the Chinese to hammer out protocols over these midair encounters...