Word: twa
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...imaginative tabloids. Others have replaced belief in God or government by faith in more eccentric notions; they look to the stars, to Star Trek. According to polls, 40% think aliens have visited our planet; 70% believe in a J.F.K. assassination conspiracy. Hey, didn't a U.S. missile shoot down TWA Flight 800? In January, you know, Elvis turned 62. Just recently, he cashed his first Social Security check...
...disturbing issue is a pervasive sense of fear that has overtaken our everyday lives. In the wake of national tragedies and terrorist scares, it no longer seems unreasonable to see terrorists lurking inside every U-Haul truck. The most lasting legacy of the Oklahoma bombing and last summer's TWA explosion over the New York skyline is a deep feeling of vulnerability and a heightened desire for caution. In this environment, every suspicious person is a threat and every credible threat must be dealt with seriously...
Friendly Fire? If there's o ne thing we know about sitings of strange objects in the sky, it's that you can't always believe your eyes. But as a grand jury prepares to examine a controversial videotape showing a radar view of the explosion of TWA Flight 800, the speculation that the airliner may have been brought down by an errant missile is gaining a bit on the credibility scale. While the FBI has bluntly dismissed descriptions by several eyewitnesses who thought they saw a glowing object approach the craft just before the catastrophic explosion...
...what happens at American. "The airline industry is a copycat industry," says Paul Omodt of ALPA in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which represents Northwest pilots. "What happens at one airline happens at another. There's not a lot of original thought." Labor negotiations are also due to begin at Continental and TWA...
Demands such as those made by American's pilots and other groups--who gave up wages and benefits in the past--can only put upward pressure on prices. And with companies such as USAir and TWA struggling mightily to maintain altitude, a big merger is possible, which would invariably reduce price competition. The net effect, everywhere you turn, is that fares are up and service is way down--and the prospects aren't good for much improvement in the future...