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Donald A. Warner, project planner for the planning office said yesterday, "Instead of building a separate ramp off to the side for handicapped students, we are grading the whole area to create an entrance that can be used by all students...
...perfectly fitting, then, that Warwick Cove is the only place in the world where the man who has everything can get lessons in how to handle America's latest aquatic tool (or toy). Sitting on a special launching ramp at the back end of Aquatic, the machine in question suggests a curious cross between a wind-up bathtub toy and a James Bond movie. It is a lemon-hued, one-man submarine, the S 250, a 12-ft.-long, 2,250-lb. vessel that can be run by just about anybody, dive safely to 250 ft., stay submerged...
Coming down the ramp, which was overflowing with spectators and fenced in by policemen, the runners entered a cavern filled with the aftermath of a marathon...
...tail of the Egyptian transport dropped, and a Jeep with four men aboard charged down the ramp. Firing nearly all the way, the men in the Jeep sped toward the DC-8 800 yds. down the dark tarmac. The remaining commandos moved out on foot at an almost leisurely pace. It proved fatal. "They were walking at a slow march," recalled a Western military observer who witnessed the attack. "My first thought was that this was a deliberate diversion. I was sure that a killer team must be climbing up the steps to the airplane under cover and unseen...
...considerable extent for the biggest construction boom in New Orleans history: $1.5 billion worth to date. There are now 10,000 quality hotel rooms within a short stroll of the dome. The most convenient of all is the 1,200-room Hyatt Regency, which has a broad elevated ramp leading to the Superdome's second level over Loyola Avenue. There is a new 1,200-room Hilton that has enjoyed the most successful first year of any hotel in the chain. Near by is a 42-story Marriott, which has 1,000 rooms and is adding 414 more...