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Even in Germany there were a few among all the defeated, among all the homeless and injured, all the guilty and the frightened, who felt that joy. "I remember the sky was clear and the heavens blue, and we felt liberated," says German Author Walter Kempowski, who was then 16. "I spent May 8 drinking champagne with my mother and grandfather on the balcony. My mother, who was in the Bekennende Kirche [an anti-Nazi Protestant splinter group], said, 'It was we who won the war, the church and the powers of goodness...
Under a pristine blue sky on the University of Nairobi campus, Africans in bright robes and turbans mingled with denimed Europeans wearing punk haircuts, Muslims behind veils, and Americans in trim safari gear. Thousands of women from some 130 countries poured into Kenya's capital city last week for two conferences to mark the end of the United Nations Decade for Women, one sponsored by the U.N., the other, called Forum '85, a parallel meeting of non-governmental organizations. Many had high hopes that the gatherings would provide a sisterly exchange of ideas and strategies. "You will see something that...
...pilots perform spectacular feats of daring in the blue sky, diving from thousands of feet in their shiny blue A-4 Skyhawk fighters, twirling, somersaulting, sometimes almost dancing in tandem at more than 300 m.p.h. Most of the time the display of flying finesse comes off without a hitch. In the 39 years since the Navy's elite Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Team was established, some 168 million onlookers have watched the Angels' shows, mouths agape at the sheer skill and bravery involved...
...officer was dispatched to Cabot House because of a report of vandalism. The responding officer determined sky light damage had been caused previously by fallen ice. The building administration was already aware of the damage...
Stark white plumes from jet liners streaked across yesterday’s dazzling sky and breezy warmth drifted from the Charles River...