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Kennedy's control tower lost contact with Flight 52 at 9:34 p.m. when the Boeing 707 was about 15 miles northeast of the airport after a five-hour flight, said Port Authority Police Officer Phil Montouri...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Airplane Crashes Near Kennedy Airport | 1/26/1990 | See Source »

...Hancock Tower stood straight and green as ever; the State House dome floated gold as ever; the Longfellow Bridge stretched stony as ever, with the 'T' slinking red and slow as ever across its back. I simply could not escape my irrelevance: there it grinned, wherever I turned...

Author: By Daniel B. Baer, | Title: Reading During the Revolutions | 1/19/1990 | See Source »

Will the 49ers tower over the '90s as they have over the past decade? A victory in the New Orleans Superdome later this month would start them on their way. True, they must first clear the play-off hurdles, but their outlook is promising. Grouped with New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Minnesota, the 49ers have already beaten the first three this year, and they routed the Vikings in last year's play-offs. According to professional bookmakers, the most likely Super Bowl pairing would pit the 49ers against the Denver Broncos, with Montana and Co. favored by 10 points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Clearly, The Team of the Decade | 1/8/1990 | See Source »

...Russell 0-3 1-2 1; Frankie Edwards 2-6 3-6 7; Kenny Jarvis 1-8 0-0 2; Lucious Harris 10-21 6-10 28; Bobby Sears 0-2 0-0 0; Ronnie Winbush 3-7 2-3 10; Troy Joseph 3-8 4-10 10; Chris Tower 0-4 0-0 0; Adam Henderson...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Time Will Tell If Cagers' Schedule Will Reap Fruits in Ivies | 1/4/1990 | See Source »

...does it all add up? Where have we been, and where are we going? Listen to some expert voices atop the Tower of Babel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freed From Greed? | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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