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...LOCKHEED LIGHTNING P-38 submerged in coastal waters near Marseilles, France, as the aircraft flown by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry when he vanished during a solo spy mission in World War II; in Marseilles. The fate of Saint-Exupéry, a well-known pilot and writer of the best-selling books Wind, Sand and Stars and The Little Prince, has been one of aviation's great mysteries since he disappeared on July 31, 1944, after being sent to observe German troop movements. A serial number found on a fragment of the underwater wreck confirmed...
...pilot went on to explain to the captive audience about Jantzen’s accomplishments, after which the plane burst into applause for the Harvard history maker. And while Jantzen may have been trying to make himself as invisible as possible as the list of his accolades came blaring over the loudspeaker, coach Jay Weiss made sure that everyone on board knew who he was, reaching across the aisle to raise Jantzen’s arm into...
...what that America Airlines pilot didn’t tell those 200-plus passengers, and what they probably didn’t realize, was just how dominant Jantzen was at the NCAAs...
...anyone reading this from American Airlines Flight 1120, while Jantzen may have been Harvard’s first three-time EIWA champion, four-time All-American, NCAA champion since 1938 and Most Outstanding Wrestler award winner since 1932, he also did so much more than that—the pilot just didn’t have time to tell you everything...
...pilot's precaution would be enough to make most investors turn tail. At home in Santa Monica, Mulhern, 34, watched the Iraq war and its bloody aftermath unfold on television and reached a different conclusion. If he arrived early, preferably first, and offered high-tech capability to Iraqis starved of it, customers would probably pour in. "This is the perfect storm for business," he says. "This is an extremely educated country with a lot of money, and you're starting everything from scratch. It's like a land grab." That is, if you live long enough to grab. Being...