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...leave Indonesia. He would return to London, where there was a woman he loved waiting for him, "a face and the smell of clean skin"; he would put on hold his life as a reporter covering Asia for the Independent. But in Jakarta, where he waited for his plane to Europe, Lloyd Parry stalled. Maybe it was just cold feet; maybe it was a foreign correspondent's instinct for impending mayhem. He canceled his flight and headed into the city, just in time to catch a student protest that would turn violent and help trigger the beginning...
...whether the passengers sitting in the exit rows understand that they may have to open the door and help other passengers if there is an emergency evacuation. The airlines should also organize, for frequent flyers who volunteer to take them, training courses on how to evacuate a plane. Maybe that would help save some lives. Franco Viotto Cittadella, Italy...
Free trip to Australia, where I surfed, jumped out of a plane, and rode a bull...
...Harvard’s troop of musicians went to great lengths to support the instrument. A custom-built, bicycle-wheeled carriage regularly chauffeured the regal rhythm-keeper across the river to the stadium, and on one occasion, the drum flew to Princeton in a privately-chartered plane...
...whether the passengers sitting in exit rows understand that they may have to open the door and help other passengers if there is an emergency evacuation. In addition, the airlines should organize, for frequent flyers who volunteer to take them, training courses on how to evacuate a plane. Maybe that would help save some lives. Franco Viotto Cittadella, Italy Thank you for the helpful advice on how to avoid dangerous and even deadly situations. As a result of reading this article, I will be more likely to notice evacuation diagrams, especially on airplanes and in other places that...