Word: sections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Here is one of them, Richard Hillary, remembering his first kill: "We ran into them at 18,000 ft., 20 yellow-nosed Messerschmitt 109s, about 500 ft. above us . . . Brian Carbury, who was leading the section . . . let go a burst of fire at the leading plane. ((I)) saw the pilot put his machine into a half roll and knew that he was mine. Automatically, I kicked the rudder to the left to get him at right angles, turned the gun-button to FIRE and let go in a 4- sec. burst . . . He seemed to hang motionless; then...
...options around to his "sources" on Capitol Hill: Senator Robert Dole on political matters, Ohio Congressman Willis Gradison on health care and economic matters, Tennessee Republican Don Sundquist on tax questions. Following the May Cabinet debates over which countries to name as unfair traders under the new "Super 301" section of the 1988 trade bill, Bush's consultations with key lawmakers stiffened his resolve to name Japan, India and Brazil. Telephoning "gets me more knowledge," the President explained. ". . . I try to keep in mind what's doable from a political standpoint...
...tales of life in Beirut are less subtle and more hard-hitting than the section on Jerusalem, which meanders between various explanations of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the conflicts within Judaism in Israel and the unique relationship between American Jews and Israelis...
Reading Nice Work simply for the story is a waste of time. The characters are almost entirely one-dimensional. After introducing Vic and Robyn in the first section of the book, Lodge simply turns them loose--they almost automatically begin to lose their disrespect for one another, become friends and wind...
...They still have the money coming in and we don't," said Al Brown, picket captain at a NYNEX special service center in Boston's Dorchester section. But the union vowed to stay on strike for as long as necessary...