Word: planes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Take this down: 1) I demand that government communications be restored; 2) I demand the presidential plane so I can get back to work...
Fiers expertly followed this rule as well. When Senate panelist David L. Boren (D-OK) asked him if Gates knew that a plane, shot down in Nicaragua in 1986, was part of "North's operation," Fiers babbled, "Not--I don't have any reason that would make me think he had the details or knew specifically that the plane was part of a North/White House operation, in specific detail...
...where there is a moral vacuum, there are lawsuits. Around the country, a number of bizarre court cases have cropped up as a result of ambiguities in the rules governing the new technologies. In one peculiar case, a wealthy couple died in a plane accident, leaving two frozen embryos as their only direct heirs; a court decided that the embryos could not inherit the estate. In a case that is still pending, a divorced Tennessee couple are battling over whether the woman has the right to make use of frozen embryos created while the couple were still married...
Tropical beach, blazing sun, men in white suits, winsome native children. A horse gallops along the shore as a light plane lazes overhead. A beautiful woman sits in a convertible, adored from afar, drenched in diamonds, caressed by a soft-focus camera. The plane lands, several dapper gents step out and launch a poker game. As the stakes escalate, the sexiest of them frets, "I'm a little short." The woman takes charge. "Not so fast," she says, removing a huge sparkler and tossing it onto the table. "These have always brought me luck," she purrs...
...Sept. 2 his interior-ministry troops fired on anti-Gamsakhurdia protesters. The next week Gamsakhurdia jammed all Soviet and Russian broadcasts to the republic. Last week, as some 30 opposition groups brought more than 20,000 people into the streets, police arrested three opposition leaders after their Moscow-bound plane was ordered to return to the capital city of Tbilisi. Angry Georgians responded by occupying the state's radio and television center, cutting off Gamsakhurdia as he broadcast a presidential address...