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Word: robertsfield (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...minutes out of Robertsfield airport, the plane began to pitch and shake. That prompted a hurried announcement over the intercom: "Don't panic. The flight - it's OK." Passengers aboard the aging Russian plane laughed or glanced out the window at the lush Liberian countryside below. Most of them were used to flying West Africa's skies. An air pocket was nothing. An engine falling off - that would be something to worry about. A few minutes later the plane had landed safely and the passengers, most of them bound for Freetown in neighboring Sierra Leone, were ushered into the airport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Liberia: The Significance of a Poster War | 7/3/2001 | See Source »

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