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...Unlike tall buildings, planes are meant to be emptied fast. Passengers are supposed to be able to get out within 90 sec., even if only half the exits are available and bags are strewn in the aisles. As it turns out, the people on the Pan Am 747 had at least 60 sec. to flee before fire engulfed the plane. But of the 396 people on board, 326 were killed. Including the KLM victims, 583 people ultimately died--making the Tenerife crash the deadliest accident in civil aviation history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Get Out Alive | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

White Bear, a dancer from the Apache reservation in Arizona, said that the grass dances were the first ones performed at powwows in the Plains regions. According to the program, young men danced in patterns that flattened the tall prairie grass so that others could gather and dance on it. Today, the grass dancers wear long fringe to emulate the grass and its movement...

Author: By William L. Jusino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Powwow Honors Heritage | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

These particular sheep, it turns out, can sing beautifully. Starting off with a spree of “Superwolf” tracks, Oldham, bearded and bald, and Sweeney, tall and mustachioed, stood shoulder to shoulder. While the former handled the majority of the singing while picking away at what looked like a guitar version of the McCartney style viola-base, the latter harmonized in a higher register while covering most of the guitar work himself. Indeed, Oldham would often swing his axe behind his back and concentrate on singing, switching between stances and making a variety of gestures with...

Author: By Henry M. Cowles, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Oldham Unleashes ‘Wolf’ at MFA | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

...this is strongly requesting faculty members to take on more advisees—a tall order, as thesis advising often requires a great deal of time and effort on the part of the faculty...

Author: By Tina Wang and Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Editing the Process | 4/21/2005 | See Source »

...chief guardian of the Victa and Sunbeam brands today is Ian Campbell, managing director of GUD Holdings. The tall, trim Campbell has a modest office in Melbourne's western suburbs above a plant that once made Ryco oil filters for automobiles. But last month, after reducing his workforce from 600 six years ago to just 50, Campbell closed the factory. Ryco-brand products will now be made overseas. "The total cost of labor for a process worker is $A49,000 a year. In China, it's $A2,500 a year. Add the cost of shipping and other things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quiet Revolution | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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