Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sept. 23, 1985, a Henson Airlines Beech commuter plane missed Shenandoah Valley Airport in Virginia by six miles as it tried to land through clouds and fog. The crash killed the two crew members and all twelve passengers. The NTSB investigation blamed navigational errors by the crew. But it cited a list of contributing factors: the cockpit was so noisy that the captain and first officer had either to shout or to use hand signals to communicate; both were relatively inexperienced; and Henson's training in its aircraft, which have differing instrument layouts, was inadequate. The crew members...
...conceived" and that the genes provide a "rough sketch of life." Some psychologists who stress the influence of genes on behavior often speak as if nurture were a by-product of nature. "All of us make our own environment," says Developmental Psychologist Sandra Scarr of the University of Virginia. Lykken makes the same point: "The environment molds your personality, but your genes determine what kind of environment you have, seek and attend to." Since the early 1960s, several twin studies have reported that identical twins reared apart are actually more alike than those raised in the same home. Scarr thinks...
...scout for Indiana, Dave Twardzik, notes the new economy of Erving's moves, and smiles. Before Twardzik was a starting guard for an N.B.A. champion in Portland, he was a substitute for the Virginia Squires of the old American Basketball Association, headlined in the early '70s by an Afro-puffed University of Massachusetts underclassman from Roosevelt, N.Y. "I only played 20 minutes a game, and I didn't mind," Twardzik says, "because I could sit and enjoy Doc. I remember thinking 'They're paying me to watch this guy play.' On the bench, we'd elbow each other and whisper...
Midfielders: John Harks (Virginia), Gary Furlong (Maryland), Mark Francis (SMU) Forwards: George Gelnovatch (Virginia), John Kerr (Duke), JOHN CATLIFF (HARVARD), Guy Furara (Phil. Textile...
...both Sen. Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia,the incoming Democratic leader, and Rep. JimWright of Texas, who is expected to serve asspeaker of the House in the new Congress, werereported cool to Reagan's call for a joint HouseSenate committee...