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Safety experts attributed the high survival rate most of all to the heroics of Captain Haynes in leveling off the DC-10 until the final seconds. "He belongs in the pilots' hall of fame," declared Joe Sullivan, a retired flight engineer for American Airlines. The landing gear, dropped by gravity because of the hydraulics failure, helped support the part of the cabin where most survivors had been seated. The dampness of the cornfield from recent rains cushioned the crash impact. Fire-resistant seat upholstery installed at the insistence of the National Transportation Safety Board was also credited. So too were...
THERE is Buggin' Out, a radically militant Black activist who directs his energy not towards constructive change, but at a pointless effort to get pictures of Blacks hung on the all-Italian Wall of Fame in a local pizzeria...
...faces at the podium rarely match the memories. It is not often that the athlete being enshrined in the Hall of Fame is recognizable in the person standing there, thanking everybody as he joins the other baseball legends...
...Sunday was one of those few exceptions, and 25,000 baseball fans had the foresight to recognize it and pack the lawn in front of the library at the Baseball Hall of Fame...
...opening chords provide the greatest dissonance. At the start of the first chapter are two quotes from Hall-of-Fame baseball star Ted Williams: one about himself and another about Black Cincinnati Reds star Eric Davis. In one, the former Bosox star says he developed his talents through practice; in the other, he says Davis is blessed with God-given athletic abilities...