Word: planes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plane, Clinton worked on the New York Times crossword puzzle. At one point he sat back and smiled, bemused at 46 down, a four-letter word for "meal for the humble?" "Well," he said, "here's one that's appropriate for today." (Answer: crow.) When the plane touched down, the crowds were waiting, eager and therapeutic, waving handmade signs that called WELCOME BACK and MV LOVES BILL. At the bottom of the steps to greet him with a bear hug when Air Force One touched down in Edgartown, Mass., was Vernon Jordan...
...when the Russians shot down Gary Powers' U2 spy plane, it was the Secretary of State, not President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who claimed a weather-research plane had gone off course. "So intense was the desire to not have the President lie," says presidential historian Michael Beschloss, "to not break the bond of trust with the American people, it was left to others. Eisenhower never spoke an untruth." Of course, Ike was never the focus of an investigation by a grand jury, either...
...candidate who knew with such certainty why he wanted to run. And never had I met anyone in public life who believed so passionately in the potential of politics to do good. His passion was infectious, and within a couple of weeks I found myself on the campaign plane that would become my home for the next year...
...attack squadron running raids out of Pohang. During one especially hellish run, Glenn encountered an unexpectedly heavy barrage of antiaircraft fire. A cloud of shrapnel ripped one bomb from the undercarriage of his Panther, then another. A second blast punched more than 200 holes in the skin of his plane. Glenn struggled for a few moments to keep his wounded aircraft stable and then realized the effort was futile. Keying open his microphone, he called out levelly to the squadron leader, "I'm going to ease out of here...
...practice as well. "I've been trying to get on radio my whole life," complains country singer Hal Ketchum. "This whole idea brings us one step closer to the infomercial and limits the opportunity of a great song to break through. It puts us on the same plane as the Thighmaster and the Ginsu knife." Nor will it ever substitute for the real emotional connection between a song and a fan, which was once what hits were all about...