Night FlightAfter a tragic crash in the Andes, an airport supervisor must decide whether to continue the "night flights" of the mail. |
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... storm , bathed intermittently , no doubt , by flicker- ing gleams . He could not see that face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and resolve , a white face ...
... storm , bathed intermittently , no doubt , by flicker- ing gleams . He could not see that face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and resolve , a white face ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter twelve Now The Patagonia Mail Was Entering The Storm- Now the Patagonia mail was entering the storm and Fabien abandoned all idea of cir- cumventing it ; it was too widespread for that , he reckoned ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. chapter twelve Now The Patagonia Mail Was Entering The Storm- Now the Patagonia mail was entering the storm and Fabien abandoned all idea of cir- cumventing it ; it was too widespread for that , he reckoned ...
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... Storm . " He was beginning to measure this unfore- seen offensive , launched from the Cordillera toward the sea . Before he could make them the storm would have burst upon the cities . " Get the San Antonio weather report . " " San ...
... Storm . " He was beginning to measure this unfore- seen offensive , launched from the Cordillera toward the sea . Before he could make them the storm would have burst upon the cities . " Get the San Antonio weather report . " " San ...
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ALREADY BENEATH HIM THROUGH | 17 |
RIVIÈRE GLANCED AT THE PILOT | 33 |
AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS | 53 |
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