Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI have been scrambling to determine what caused the Boeing 747 jumbo jet to plunge into the Atlantic, killing all 230 people on board. From the beginning, the theories--a missile, an exploding fuel tank, a mechanical failure or possibly even a meteorite strike--seemed almost as confusing as the jumbled pieces of the plane. And then a set of tantalizing clues emerged. Investigators discovered that several pieces of recovered wreckage bore minute traces of chemical explosives. That evidence provided the strongest support for a bomb theory. Last week, however, this line of inquiry...
...till Thursday. Despite 15 weeks of inactivity, ValuJet still has the cash reserves to kick operations off with a discount rates, but faces competition upon its return to the skies. Trying to counter price competition on its routes in the southern U.S., Atlanta-based Delta Airlines has decided to strike back by matching ValuJet's low fares on routes to Florida. Josh Dubow