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...begun six days before, when his F-16 was targeted by an SA-6 surface-to-air missile fired from a Bosnian-Serb stronghold just south of Bihac. Together with Captain Bob Wright, 33, who was flying another F-16 on his wing, O'Grady was conducting one of the 69,000 sorties that have been flown during Operation Deny Flight to enforce a United Nations-mandated no-fly zone over northern Bosnia...
...pilot's worst nightmare, it is said, is not getting shot out of the sky but seeing one's wingman getting shot out of the sky. "When you lose your wingman, part of you goes with him," said Wright, recalling the moment he saw O'Grady's plane cut to pieces by the sam. "It was pretty much a fireball, but out of the fireball, I could see the cockpit." Wright had to suppress his horror in order to concentrate on marking O'Grady's position. The plane plunged into the clouds so swiftly, however, that Wright could not tell...
...icon in a film about painter Jean Michel Basquiat, a Warhol protaga. And what an art-ridden affair it is. The film was written and is being directed by painter Julian Schnabel. Art collector DENNIS HOPPER plays collector-dealer Bruno Bischofberger, who marketed Basquiat to the world. Only Jeffrey Wright, who plays Basquiat, has no art-world ties. "This is the first nondocumentary film about an American artist," says Hopper, who owns paintings by both Basquiat and Schnabel. "It's important, and it's going to be a breakthrough...
...project of contributing to water pollution. As for the cost, advocates believe convention business will generate some $20 million a year in revenue for Madison, even though the Terrace itself will operate at a loss. "People will flock from as far away as Tokyo to see Frank Lloyd Wright's last building," predicts Governor Thompson. "It's going to be a centerpiece...
That would have pleased Wright. But the ever combative architect also knew the importance of controversy: he liked few things better than a war of words. To the lord of Taliesin, the fact that Wisconsinites are still battling over one of his designs would have been further proof of his immortal genius...