Word: tarmac
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...summit in Vienna. On a stopover in France, the press landed before the President so they could see the First Couple greeted by President Charles de Gaulle. The scene had all the pomp and glamour the media had been anticipating. There had been rain earlier, and the tarmac was glistening; sunlight was starting to cut through the clouds. As Air Force One touched down, the first thing Sidey noticed was that it had a new paint job -- Jackie's work. She had gone to designer Raymond Loewy to give the jet a new look; it was now a striking blend...
...Might Senna's crash have been a case of driver error? "Ayrton Senna made a mistake," Carweek magazine quoted Williams-Renault technical director Patrick Head as saying. "We have checked the telemetry. He slightly lifted his foot just at that dip in the place where the tarmac changes. That caused a loss of grip from the car." A Williams spokesman later denied that Head said Senna had made a mistake...
...plane had taken off safely for Hong Kong. My aunt had a cousin who worked with the airport police and arranged it so that they could bid me a last good bye on my way to the plane. As I emerged from the waiting room and onto the tarmac, they were there, standing in two neat rows. They smiled and waved...
...soldiers on the tarmac push the hysterical crowds back with rifle butts, Abkhazian gunners train their fire on the runway. Those who do manage to clamber into an outbound plane discover that they have boarded a flying morgue. The backs of seats are pushed forward to accommodate stretchers bearing soldiers too critically injured to survive the 35-minute flight to Tbilisi. What little space remains is packed with refugees who even wedge themselves into the toilets, indifferent to the stench. The situation is horrific, but now that the Abkhazian artillery has made evacuation by sea impossible, the only remaining exit...
...three planes ferrying refugees and wounded soldiers were attacked with missiles, killing more than 100 people. But even the blackened wreckage fails to deter those who are still trapped. "Couldn't they at least send cargo planes to take us out of this hell?" sobbed a woman on the tarmac, clutching the hand of her bewildered daughter. "Nobody cares for us at all. Nobody...