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...water. But aside from the horror, few hints have emerged of exactly what went wrong. The flight had been delayed two hours in Dallas, and arrived in Little Rock at the wrong time: Just as a storm began buffeting the airport with lightning, hail and winds gusting to 75 mph. Yet no distress call from the plane reached the tower. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are on the scene, and they would seem to have one question to ask: Why did Flight 1420 attempt a landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Terrible Landing in Little Rock, Arkansas | 6/2/1999 | See Source »

...Daniel receives it gratefully, drawing it to his mouth and delivering a full-bodied kiss. He breathes a deep sigh of relief and settles serenely into his seat. The car's path straightens and achieves a perfect pitch of vibration as we lock in the cruise-control at 107 mph. Next stop: Times Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Fame in the Name | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

Once the target is released, a shooter has between one and five seconds to shoot the target, which is traveling 40 to 50 mph...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Shooting Club: Reviving A Century-Old Tradition of Safe Sporting | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

Young has a fastball around 90 mph, and Evans, a powerful presence at first base, led the Tigers in round-trippers last season...

Author: By Andrew S. Brunswick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baseball Will Double Its Fun Twice | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

...finally relented and let them pass through their airspace. Today, continuing through the Donovan catalog, the theme song is "Catch the Wind" -- and have they ever: Now well ensconced in the jet stream over the Pacific Ocean, the balloon is moving eastward at speeds of up to 150 mph, which is the kind of time they'll need to make to reach Europe before their fuel runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Branson Knows Which Way the Wind Blows | 12/24/1998 | See Source »

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