Word: planeloads
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...defense secretary is Russia, where he hopes to convince Yeltsin of the need for military backup -- and find out what all that talk of World War III was about. Russia?s own bad-boy superstar touches down in Baghdad Wednesday -- none other than ultranationalist parliamentarian Vladimir Zhirinovsky, with a planeload of humanitarian goods in tow. So much for the tour guide. Whether any of these road trips actually amount to anything is a matter only the band managers -- in Washington and Baghdad -- can decide...
Defenders of the plane argue that's exactly what T-3 training is meant to accomplish. "We don't want to kill people at the Air Force Academy, obviously," McPeak says. "But we drove [Commerce Secretary] Ron Brown and a planeload of VIPs into the hills of Yugoslavia because of pilot error." "We don't want to kill a planeload of people because we haven't properly identified the people who can do this job." Other Air Force officers point out that the plane has flown without an accident at an Air Force base at Hondo, Texas, where the instructors...
...flies to Florida to visit her father Dick, who may or may not have been in the CIA at one point--he tells his daughter he knows someone who "was involved in Dallas"--and who now, at 74, is on the verge of big payday, delivering and selling a planeload of unspecified merchandise somewhere in the Caribbean. It is 1984, after all, and the region is abuzz with preparations for what would later be described as the Iran-contra affair. Unfortunately, her father falls ill, and Elena agrees to accompany the plane on its mission and pick up the million...
WASHINGTON: President Clinton dispatched a planeload of bomb detection equipment and experts to Israel Tuesday, showing his commitment to preserving the Mideast peace process. Officials would not reveal the contents of the shipment other than to say it included communications equipment aimed at helping Israel coordinate its anti-terrorist efforts with Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority. "Clinton wants very badly to support the peace process, but the question is what can he do," TIME's J.F.O. McAllister says. "Much like the Patriot missiles in the Gulf War, this equipment will help make Israel more secure ." However, the effectiveness of this...
...smoothly that the whole scene looked like a hideously realistic drill. Air Force and National Guard units and fbi counterterrorist teams and forensic specialists began to arrive in early afternoon. They joined 60 fire fighters from Phoenix, Arizona, summoned for their skill in extracting bodies from rubble. A planeload of 100 of the city's leading doctors heading for a medical retreat in Houston heard the news when they landed, got back on the next plane and came home to work...