Word: panning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ahmad, who was returning from a world sociology conference in Bombay, died from bullet wounds inflicted by the terrorist hijackers, said Harvard spokesman Peter Costa. Soon after Ahmad was shot, Pakistani commandoes stormed Pan Am flight 73 and captured the hijackers, ending 17 hours of terror for the 400 passengers on board...
...wife, Assistant Professor of Business Administration Fareena Sultan, age 36, and the couple's 5-year-old daughter flew to Karachi Friday night to recover Ahmad's body, Costa said. Sultan was informed of her husband's death by Pan Am airlines officials and friends in Pakistan, he said...
KARACHI, Pakistan--A U.S. Air Force medical transport plane staffed by battle surgeons evacuated 17 victims yesterday, including six Americans, who were wounded in the hijack of a Pan Am jumbo jet that killed at least 15 people...
...kept travelers at the airport for 13 1/2 hours before finally lifting off for London. Admitted Cosley: "We abused several hundred of our passengers." Seeking a fix, Eastern replaced two of its top maintenance executives. The FAA has levied heavy fines against Eastern, American and, last week, Pan Am for maintenance-related violations...
...staging pig races as a way to promote the company's name. "He looked at me and said, 'Work it out for next year.' Just like that." Holding read up on how Pavlov had trained his dogs and then set up a makeshift starting gate, put a food pan at the finish line, rang a bell and chased the pigs to the pan. "I did this 20 to 25 times, three times a day," he says. "After four days, the pigs had figured out the game, and I'd lost five pounds...