Word: weather
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weather was dismal in Tenerife that day, with low-scudding clouds and fog sharply reducing visibility. From the western end of the strip, shrouded from the view of both the control tower and the KLM crew, Pan Am Captain Victor Grubbs was nosing his 747 through the mist toward the Dutch plane. Twice Grubbs radioed the tower, on a frequency shared by KLM, that he was still on the runway...
...could a veteran pilot like Veldhuizen have made such a drastic mistake? Harried by an already lengthy delay on Tenerife, the study speculated, he may have rushed his takeoff to avoid violating a KLM rule against crew overtime. Erratic weather conditions may also have pressed him. The radio "whistle" could have blipped out some essential communications, and imprecise language, by both tower and KLM crew, may have confused matters even further...
...weather was perfect. An Indian summer sun shone on the more than 5000 people who gathered to catch a glimpse of the political luminaries who showed up in droves, and, while they were at it, to watch the official launching of what Bok hopes will be a major professional school for public servants...
...there are a few students who are interested only in the reserve books just before midyears and finals. It gets much more hectic than normal here during both times, but especially during midyears." Corliss has no explanation for this increased winter studying, other than that perhaps January's bad weather or more papers in the fall term force students to hit the books...
Relatively few students have substantive conversations with the library checkers. "There are a few, though, who will tell you their name, and ask you yours, and talk about the weather, and politics, and the Red Sox, and, well, you know...