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...Airlines in a Nose Dive" [March 22], you pointed out Pan Am's falling load factor and said, "TWA's [load factor] dropped even further in the first two months of this year to 49.1%." Untrue! TWA's load factor rose by 1.7 percentage points in the first two months of 1982 to 53.2%, reflecting our continuing program of reducing excess capacity-the plague of the industry...
...extending it and flexing its joints, only to discover that a TV camera on its "wrist" had failed. Another camera at the rear of the cargo bay succumbed as well. Even so, the remaining camera at the arm's "elbow" was providing clear pictures, including shots of the nose showing where tiles had been damaged or lost. While reviewing films of the launch, technicians discovered that still other tiles had fallen off the top surface of the shuttle's big body flap during liftoff. None of the missing tiles, however, seemed crucial to a safe re-entry into...
...undignified position with every pitch and stands up to yodel "Streee-rike" for the good ones. Every time he calls an out at the plate he pumps his meaty fist up and down. When the runner's safe he spreads his arms so far apart that they force his nose into the dirt. Often a manager comes charging out of the dugout to disagree with him, and he meets the guy halfway, to hold a parley with him at the top of his vocal cords until, finally fed up, he jerks out the big thumb to say, "You're outta...
...supporting cast: Sarrazin is one big he-man blah: you have to wonder how Edwards can keep a straight face during his work, which is embarrassing; and Stevens demonstrates his dementia by alternately flaring his nostrils and holding his nose between his palms. He does, however, do a good job of sweating as he watches Morgan bathe-an incredibly flagrant exposition of erotica-from the bedroom closet where he is hidden...
Faces and limbs freckled in every hollow, burnished on the ball of the shoulder, the tip of the nose . . . The light in their eyes stealing sparkle from the far hard edge...