Word: airing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...keep the government running. So far, only two have been sent to Clinton to sign; he has threatened to veto others if they gouge spending too deeply. But, if a $3 trillion surplus is expected over the next 10 years, why would lawmakers be forced to gut programs like air-traffic control and food inspection and counterterrorism? Because two years ago, they promised they would. The problem is the famous 1997 Balanced Budget Act, which balanced the budget only because Congress and the President agreed to cut the total amount of discretionary spending in future years, without having...
Four days later--the day after Memorial Day--their North Carolina unit's Marines gathered in their chapel at New River air station. "Semper Fidelis," they intoned solemnly before 700 mourners. "We will never forget you." But despite the service's long and treasured tradition of mutual trust and fierce loyalty, forgetting their men is precisely what the Marines seem to have done in this case...
...agree. "There's a coziness and collusion between the Marines and Bell because of the Marines' reliance on Bell," says William Straw, father of the 29-year-old Marine pilot killed in the Texas crash. The Straw family knows something about military aviation. William, a 1967 graduate of the Air Force Academy and a former test pilot, won the Distinguished Flying Cross for piloting a C-130 cargo plane through bad weather and enemy fire to resupply a beleaguered U.S. outpost in Vietnam. Both of Robert's grandfathers won that decoration in World War II. James Browne, whose son Michael...
...remains of Hurricane Floyd hit Boston early this morning, bringing torrential downpours and gusts of up to 70 m.p.h. to the region. Across New England yesterday, schools let out early and residents prepared for possible flooding, especially in urban areas. Air transportation has come to a virtual standstill, with most flights into and out of Logan airport cancelled...
...air attack sputtered last year, and it's Wilford's job to use his strong arm to jumpstart it. He cannot do anything without some help from his line, and the unit has focused in practice to give...