Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Attempts by Stoler to arrange interviews with the commanding officer of the 224th or with any of his men were greeted with consternation. So were efforts to inspect the unit's twin-engine OV-1B and RU-21J aircraft. Nonetheless, five planes of each type could be seen parked on the tarmac of the 10,000-foot concrete airstrip. Painted dull gray, with small black letters identifying them as U.S. Army property, the aircraft bristled with electronic equipment. Despite the official wall of secrecy, off-duty members of the 224th, drinking beer in a bar at the nearby city...
...have been cheering for the Mahre twins for years and know which one is which. You ran a picture of Steve when you meant to run one of Phil in the slalom race that brought him gold. The conventional wisdom for telling the twins apart is that Phil wears blue goggles (both Phil and blue have four letters) and Steve wears white goggles (both name and color have five letters). The Mahre twin in your picture is wearing white goggles; therefore, he must be Steve...
TIME'S editors could never tell which twin had the Toni either. TIME regrets the error...
...Braniff will again square off against prosperous American, which last week announced that it will begin taking delivery next year of at least 67 new McDonnell Douglas twin-jet airliners. The 142-passenger DC-9 Super 80s are part of a major American expansion drive. The carrier also plans an aggressive program to cut costs and keep ticket prices low. Renewed fare wars and an economic downturn could hurt Braniff, but owning an airline has long been one of Pritzker's ambitions and he intends to stick by the venture. Says he: "I've always flirted with airplanes...
Spinal Tap? There is no such beast. 1 his movie is merely the newest send-up the most passionate putdown, of pop culture's twin inanities: inept musicians and their earnest hagiographers. As conceived and improvised by Christopher Guest (Nigel), Michael McKean (David) Rob Reiner (Marty) and Harry Shearer .Derek Smalls, the band's gnomish bass player), the imaginary band members make up in narcotic solemnity what they lack in talent. Onstage, they steal ntts from Boccherini and Chuck Berry they re-enact the creation of the world and send costumed dwarfs capering around a tiny replica...