High Flight

Oh, I have slipped the 1) surly 2) bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the 3) tumbling 4) mirth Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred t

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And our first story concerns a weapon that said to be hypersonic, meaning it would travel at several times the speed of sound. Russia's defense ministry says it's conducted a successful test of a hypersonic missile. A nation might want to want a weap

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First Flight Completed of Plane with No Moving Parts

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Confirmation of flight reservation

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The FBI is warning that reports of sexual assaults on airplanes are on the rise. That may, in part, be due to the Me Too movement which is encouraging more victims to speak out. Sometimes it's passengers who are victimized. F

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, is in Moscow for a second day today. He's there to discuss President Trump's pledge to withdraw from an arms control treaty that bans certain kinds of missiles. This is on

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