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Old July 29th 03, 03:53 PM
Larry Dighera
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On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 20:26:49 GMT, "Henry Kisor"
wrote in Message-Id: dGfVa.687$Ho3.440@sccrnsc03:

I believe that terrorist group line was a bit of sneaky reportorial wit that
really shouldn't have gotten into the story, because irony never works with
newspaper readers, who tend to be literal-minded in reading hard news
stories.


Wit is difficult to accomplish with a diverse audience unless it's
based on a universal subject like sex.

But labeling the remark as humor lends it an air of appropriateness.
It wasn't.

What I really wanted to know was where the airplane (in the news photo it
looked like a Super Cub with drooped wingtips, a combination I've never seen
before) landed. Could a droopy-tip Cub land on the X'd runway or did it land
on the taxiway? And is it still there?


I wasn't able to locate a photo he
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/...s-meigs28.html


Anyone wishing to send a respectful e-mail message to the authors
informing them about the inappropriateness of their "terrorist" remark
in conjunction with pilots can do so he




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