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and in our era the unleashing of the enormous power inherent in nuclear fission and fusion

Carole Gibbs

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in the chaos following the break-up of the Soviet Union

Working the Skies Chana K. Akins and in our era theGet ready for takeoff. The life of the flight attendant, a. k. a., stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as recently depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top. The nostalgia for the beautiful, carefree and ever helpful stewardess perhaps reveals a yearning for simpler times, but nonetheless does not square with the difficult, demanding and sometimes dangerous job of today's flight