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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Montana was true to his word that his college experience in similar conditions 90 miles east at Notre Dame would stand him well. He threw for 199 yards in the first half alone and finished 17 of 27 for 288 yards, combining with Rice on a 62-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and a 27-yarder in the second and also throwing a five-yarder to tight end Frank in the third...
...takeoffs and landings have decreased the margin of safety in commercial aviation. Although older jetliners have been subject to special inspections since 1983, the FAA responded to the Aloha accident by ordering airlines to replace the rivets on 737s built before 1971. Last week the agency announced that a similar order for aging 727s would be issued in January...
...involving alcohol abuse. Others were the result of physical or mental illness. More than half occurred while the victim was in police custody rather than in prison, and many took place within two or three hours of confinement. Among the alleged suicides, details of the deaths are often hauntingly similar. Eddie Murray, 21, hanged himself in 1981 while in custody in the New South Wales hamlet of Wee Waa. Loyed Boney, 28, was found hanged in his cell at Brewarrina, New South Wales, in 1987. Bernard McGrath used a strip of toweling in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, to strangle himself. McGrath...
Hampton is willing to justify his anti-gay actions by openly expressing his views, no matter how potentially offensive they are. But for every Jack Hampton there are many, many more judges who might hand down similar rulings without expressing their prejudices to a reporter...
Birdsall's conservation campaign still flourishes long after similar efforts elsewhere have flagged. The utility recently decided to give customers $15 fluorescent light bulbs, which use far less energy than incandescent models. While Birdsall's strategies are based on simple, widely known techniques, few cities or towns apply the methods as diligently as Osage does. "Why aren't more people doing this?" Birdsall asks. Maybe more of them will if they come to realize that conserving energy not only saves money but also helps save the environment...