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Twenty-two minutes after takeoff, as the aircraft passed over the Greek island of Milos, a well-dressed young man rose from his seat near the front of the plane, drew a pistol from a plastic bag and pointed it at crew members who were distributing newspapers and magazines. Another man, seated in the rear section, jumped into the aisle and shouted, "Don't move!" In the cockpit, a third man shoved the barrel of a pistol against the captain's head. The terrorists in the cabin instructed all passengers to surrender their passports. One of the men was particularly...
...holiday fruitcake for its 2.2 million servicemen and-women, consumes 18 pages vs. the two-thirds of a page for standard dark fruitcake in the classic Joy of Cooking. Even for the organization that created 22 pages of specs for a "trap, mouse," and 16 pages for a "whistle, plastic," the recipe for "fruitcake, canned," represents a point, high...
...Reza Mazaheri, a plastic surgeon who keeps two operating rooms heavily booked, has seen his business increase 50% in the twelve years he has practiced in the resort city. Yet he too wonders about the changes. "Appearance and having fun have become everything," he says of the area's newer residents. "They are moving in here with money and all the comforts. What is left? Staying beautiful. They are obsessed with...
Worried about the funny-money threat, the U.S. Treasury is considering plans to issue harder-to-copy greenbacks. Some proposals: subtle watermarks and plastic security threads woven into the currency. But Treasury Secretary James Baker still must approve the changes, and it will be at least a year after that before new bills are printed--on legitimate Government presses. DIPLOMACY Rules of Engagement...
...divers also recovered the shuttle's four flight recorders, which might, despite a six-week soak in salt water, provide valuable data about the disaster. Although NASA had not announced it, within a few days of the crash U.S. Coast Guard searchers recovered three battered flight helmets and a plastic package containing materials McAuliffe had planned to use to teach schoolchildren "lessons from space...