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Pierre Salinger's theory that TWA Flight 800 was destroyed accidentally by a missile test-fired from a U.S. naval vessel [NATION, Nov. 25] is not all that questionable in light of the National Transportation Safety Board's inconclusive explanations. It brings me to quote history's most famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes: "When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." KAM-WAN WONG Durham, England
...winds of conservatism have been blowing strong during the past two years--too strong for most folks aboard the good ship Liberal. Following the captain's orders, the servile minions of the left are struggling to adjust their vessel's sails for an about-face. The crew, upset, but believing that they can no longer stay the course, are hastily climbing the masts and adjusting the rudder to save their ship...
...conspiracy buffs. Earlier this month he went before television cameras in France to announce that he had been given a document by an unnamed French intelligence agent offering "very, very strong proof" that TWA Flight 800 had been destroyed accidentally by a missile test-fired from a U.S. naval vessel. One problem: Salinger's "secret document" had been on the Internet for weeks and had already been picked apart in the press...
Federal agents thought they had deep-sixed the friendly fire story when it first emerged in September. "It's based on third- and fourth-hand gossip and hearsay," says James Kallstrom, the FBI's investigator. The Navy says its nearest vessel was 180 miles away, far out of missile range. The FBI says it has independently verified the Navy's account and that the plane wreckage recovered so far shows no signs of a missile blast. Salinger has also made much of a photograph, published in France by the magazine Paris Match, which was taken on the outdoor deck...
...spray of wildly allusive wordplay, David Helfgott natters compulsively, cheerfully, to himself. Popular cinema loves head cases, especially when their condition is as endearing as David's. Because he was once a pianist of great promise, and because his is a true story, Helfgott is an ideal vessel for the awe and pity of the middle-class moviegoer in search of an elevating experience. Shine, an entertaining, way-too-canny Australian film written by Jan Sardi and directed by Scott Hicks, encourages a kind of emotional slumming--upward...