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Flight data recorders Flight data recorders
Flight Data Recorders █ KELLI A. MILLER In the earliest days of air transportation, plane crashes yielded few clues for safety investigators. Investigators would struggle to figure out what happened immediately preceding the accident but often fail to come to any definite conclusions... Read more
Lockerbie Lockerbie
Lockerbie , village (1991 pop. 3,892), Scotland, site of a 1988 airplane crash. On Dec. 21, 1988, a New York-bound Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded in flight as a result of a terrorist bomb and crashed in and around Lockerbie. The crash killed all 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground. In Nov., 1991, the... Read more
Stock Market Crash of 1929 Stock Market Crash of 1929
Stock Market Crash of 1929. On 24 October and again on 29 October 1929, panic selling swept the New York Stock Exchange. The index of common stocks had peaked in early September; within two months, however, it fell 39 percent, reducing the value of stocks traded on the exchange by $26 billion.The... Read more
the Pentagon the Pentagon
the Pentagon building accommodating the U.S. Dept. of Defense. Located in Arlington, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., the Pentagon is a vast five-sided building designed by Los Angeles architect G. Edwin Bergstrom. It consists of five concentric pentagons connected to each other... Read more
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WAR ON TERRORISM Terrorist acts and the threat of terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act and codified at 18 U.S.C. section 2339B, makes it a... Read more
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Edmond city (1990 pop. 52,315), Oklahoma co., central Okla.; settled 1889. It is a trading center with a huge oil field and small industries that manufacture concrete, petroleum products, and other goods. The city's population nearly tripled from 1970 to 1990. The Univ. of Central Oklahoma is in... Read more
Driving while intoxicated Driving while intoxicated
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI) Driving Under the Influence is a term that refers to the operation of a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol and being affected by it in some way. It may be used as a legal term denoting a lesser offense than Driving while intoxicated (DWI). Specific blood-alcohol... Read more
Diana Diana
Diana, Princess of Wales (1961–97) Former wife of the heir to the British throne. The daughter of Earl Spencer, Diana married Charles, Prince of Wales in 1981, and they had two sons, William and Harry. A popular, glamorous figure, she worked for many charities. Their marriage fell apart... Read more
Sir Bertram Home Ramsay Sir Bertram Home Ramsay
Sir Bertram Home Ramsay 1883-1945, British admiral. A career naval officer who retired in 1938, he returned to the service in World War II to command British and Allied naval units in some of the most spectacular operations of the war. He directed the evacuation of Dunkirk (1940), led the Allied... Read more

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