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Afloat in Paradoxes
NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 19
Two days at sea, with only CNN and the ship's company to keep us abreast of the news. But the company is lively, and paradoxes are always with us.
On Monday two airline events were highlighted. One of them told of the Arab Israeli hijacker who attempted to take on an El Al flight. That brought instant commentary. Officials wondered at the spectacular audacity of the enterprise. Never mind that, confronted by alert air marshals, the hijacker was quickly relieved of his knife and immobilized, allowing the airship to land safely in Istanbul.
What left the commentators agog was the near-unique ...