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...King got his money's worth. The main building, 600 yds. long with its two 150-yd. wings, had 2,000 rooms and could house 1,000 noblemen with their retinues. In 1687, Louis felt the need for a bit of privacy and built the Grand Trianon, a modest 72-room hideaway of pink and green marble, a mile and a half away. That edifice, in turn, inspired the Petit Trianon, a 30-room cottage that Louis XV built for his mistress Madame de Pompadour in 1762. When Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette fell victim to the French Revolution...
...lucky ones-I live only 100 yds. from the center of New York City. I'll never know what hit me. I pity the people 25 or so miles away from the target areas-theirs will be a slow, miserable and certain death...
...McNown, 63, he has hunkered down for a long struggle. He has installed a wooden shim to hold his garage together, and he has poured 80 yds. of concrete to reinforce the foundation. "I grew up in this house," he explains. "It has always been my home. Others can leave. I am not overcome with fear. Besides, I like the craftsmanship...
...reported fears proved tragically prophetic. On Feb. 9, as Flight 350 approached Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Katagiri apparently threw two of the four engines into reverse, causing the plane to plunge into Tokyo Bay some 300 yds. short of the runway. Of 174 passengers and crew aboard the Japan Air Lines DC-8 bound from Fukuoka, 24 people died. Police claimed last week that Katagiri told them he felt ill the morning of the flight. Said he: "After I switched from auto to manual operation just before landing, I felt nausea, then an inexplicable feeling of terror, and completely...
...next week, hesitantly, Gregg decided to give him another shot, particularly since the game was on the road, where Anderson would be spared the booing of Cincinnati fans. "I was pretty loose. Things couldn't have got any worse," says Anderson. He passed for 252 yds., beating the Jets 31-30. After that, the team jelled under Gregg's strong coaching, and Anderson stayed healthy behind the team's first good offensive line in years. Said Ken: "I've gone from the doghouse to the penthouse in just one season." Characteristically, he never said a word...