Word: northerner
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...outcasts and international pariahs" forshooting down an American F-16 today, President Clinton then spent much of the day closeted with his national security advisors considering what action to take next. NATO officials have launched a massive search-and-rescue mission to locate the pilot, who was downed over northern Bosnia. The plane was flying at approximately 20,000 feet on an air patrol mission enforcing the no-fly zone overBosnian Serb territorywhen it was hit by a Russian SA-6 surface-to-air missile. Only the pilot was aboard. While it is not yet known whether he survived...
NATO officials have launched a massive search-and-rescue mission to locate the pilot of an American F-16 fighter shot down this morning over northern Bosnia near the Bosnian Serb town of Banja Luka. The plane was flying at approximately 20,000 feet on an air patrol mission enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnian Serb territory when it was hit by a Russian SA-6 surface-to-air missile. Only the pilot was aboard. It is not yet known whether he survived the crash. The Pentagon has not yet released his identity. This is the second time...
...been drilling holes in the insulation on Discovery's external fuel tank. The holes could jeopardize a shuttle launch scheduled for June 8. Mission managers are assessing the damage, but there is no word on how they plan to protect Discovery from fresh assaults by hungry yellow-shafted northern flickers...
...bull." Across the river is the casino boomtown of Laughlin, Nevada, and his brother, a gambler, landed in jail for a bad check, Gibson says. Now Gibson, who spent his teenage years in an Oregon correction facility, works in a Kingman plastics factory. But he dreams of heading to Northern California to pan for gold. "Nothing I love better than being in the mountains, going months without seeing another soul," he says. He pulls a small vial of water and glittering dust from his torn jeans. "I traded the nuggets for beer," he says. "Enough to stay drunk...
...road at the Highland Motel, manager Alden Greeson, 57, spends his days bantering with the guests who stop by the ice machine. Greeson, a recovering alcoholic, owned 18 alcohol-treatment centers in northern Florida. "At 50," he says, "I just got up and walked away. I bought two Harleys and a van. I wanted to be free." He left his business, several homes and $2 million to his wife. "I'd always been a good father and a good husband. I raised five healthy kids. But I didn't want to be part of it anymore. The hollering kids...