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Pilots gave high praise to Captain Takahama for keeping his stricken 747 in the air for at least 32 minutes after the tail damage was sustained over Sagami Bay. "In spite of such terrible conditions, the plane was kept aloft by engine thrust only," said Mitsuo Nakano, JAL's deputy chief of 747 pilots. "That is an incredible performance." A U.S. expert, Captain Homer Mouden of the Flight Safety Foundation in Arlington, Va., agreed. "The crew exhibited great courage and skill in trying to keep it sea flying," he said. But the odds loose," a United Air Lines pilot said...
...political costs. At present, 70% of our public deficit stems from interest payments. In spite of having increased revenue and reduced expenditures, the load of the interest on the debt has us traveling a vicious circle. If we could reduce the debt-service burden, we would be strengthening the balance of payments and that would give us greater capacity to import--and most of our imports are from...
...drug-trafficking issue has caused some problems. The U.S. is the No. 1 drug-consumer market in the world, and is thus a powerful magnet, which in turn serves to foster this kind of activity in Mexico. The Mexican government is making a considerable effort in drug control in spite of our economic crisis...
...such a high from this group," says Edward Rehar, 81. Rehar was at a laundry in Florence, Mass., when he went up the street to find a rest room and saw the group rehearsing. He ended up getting onstage, in spite of having a pacemaker and ailments that require him to take eight pills a day. "After we sing, it takes me an hour and a half to calm down." He adds, "It's better than drugs...
...Class of 1980 readied for graduation, the College released a 150-page report examining undergraduate race relations. Issued shortly before the Miami, Fla. race riots broke out, the report concluded that in spite of improvements, prejudices among students still existed...