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...wear and tear in an aircraft fuselage is the "pressurization cycle" -- one takeoff, one landing -- which requires that the cabin be pressurized for high-altitude flight and then depressurized during descent. This places stress on the airframe; over time, repeated expansion and contraction weaken the plane. Like a balloon that has been inflated too many times, the plane's skin becomes vulnerable to tearing. But while the Flight 811 jet has been in service for 19 years and is one of the oldest in United's fleet, it had racked up only 15,021 cycles, considered middle-aged...
...141st time, a crowd of foam-padded and balloon-busted Harvard men are attempting to prance and pun their way into your heart--if you can spare the $15-$17.50 ticket price. Men making fools out of themselves in this burlesque show carry on a Harvard tradition as outmoded as final clubs and Radcliffe college. But these vestiges of the past are still worth visiting at least once during your time here--to understand how far the rest of the school has evolved...
...turned out, the icemen didn't need any help. A goal 20 seconds into the match let the wind out of the Cornell hot air balloon, and a 9-1 rout left the battered Ithacans with little to cheer about...
...third technique being used to clear blood vessels is balloon angioplasty, in which a tiny collapsed balloon is threaded into a blocked passage and inflated. Atherosclerotic plaque is crushed against the artery walls, widening the blood pathway. Yet another delicate operation entails tying off penile veins that fail to close during sexual arousal, thus allowing blood to leak away from the penis and inhibiting an erection. Vascular operations carry steep price tags...
Supporter Jim Lecault said the atmosphere was "like a balloon, waiting to burst...there is a lot of anxiety and disappointment...