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...southwest of Norway. Usually crews conduct these periodic "workovers" by closing the valves on the "Christmas tree," or top part of the well, pumping heavy mud down the well shaft to force the oil back to its underground reservoir, and then sealing the well with a cap called a blowout preventer. This time, as the crew worked to fasten the blowout preventer, pressure in the well unexpectedly built up and blew out the temporary plug. A few seconds later the well itself let go, sending a fountain of mud, oil and highly flammable natural gas 60 meters (197 ft.) into...
...contest was pretty much divided into two uneven sectors. The first saw Bill Horton and Bill Hozack, playing on different lines after Cleary shook things up following last Wednesday's blowout at Cornell, sandwich goals around one by Yale's Anders Carlsson before eight minutes had elapsed in the opening stanza...
Given the talented team and the crowd (the College Diner next door was deserted), the game should have been a blowout, right...
...forthcoming in the much-anticipated first presidential debate of 1976. It turned out to be an underwhelming event, the debate in which the power failed and in which neither man gained a decisive edge. The situation after the 90-minute confrontation?interrupted by a 27-minute audio blowout that was a testament to the fallibilities of television ?was much the same as before. Carter was out front but slipping; Ford was coming up from behind, and the election had suddenly turned into a close race...
Then, suddenly appearing over Hakodate, Belenko circled twice and touched down, two drag chutes popping from the MIG's tail for braking. Because of his tire blowout, Belenko was apparently unable to use the wheel brakes, and the MIG overran the runway, knocking down two short navigational antennas before coming to a stop...