Word: choppered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chopper was one of two owned by the statepolice. This model of helicopter has been involvedin 24 accidents since 1983, six of which werefatal, news broadcasts reported yesterday...
...chopper's debris was scattered for at least200 yards around the scene, reaching as far as theisland in the center of Memorial Drive, accordingto Harvard Police Lt. Lawrence J. Murphy, whoarrived on the scene roughly ten minutes after thecrash...
...there Saturday or the body of his co-pilot who died in the crash. Previously conciliatory, U.S. officials today expressed frustration over the delay, while President Clinton classified the situation as a "high priority" and promised to work towards a quick resolution. North Korea has claimed that the unarmed chopper was shot down when it strayed in their airspace, but the American military is waiting for outside confirmation. Although the White House says the government hopes the incident won't effect the October nuclear agreement forged between the U.S. and North Korea, a State Department spokesman said Americans will "form...
...been a liability for months; he had been reprimanded in 1993 for firing seven White House travel officers on charges of financial impropriety. An embarrassed and angry Clinton promised that the Treasury would be "fully reimbursed" for Watkins' indiscretion. A day later, White House officials admitted that a second chopper shadowed the first on a routine training mission. More than a dozen Clinton aides kicked in money for the copters after Watkins, who is worth more than $1.3 million, reportedly refused to foot the bill himself...
...casualties rose, the medics were forced to dart from one stricken soldier to another. Crouched near the wreckage of Wolcott's chopper, Fales suddenly spotted five grenades sailing over a wall in his direction. Yelling to warn his comrades, he threw his body over two wounded soldiers to shield them from shrapnel. Meanwhile, Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson, 36, a Special Forces medic, also nestled next to the downed helicopter, heard a call from the other side of the street. It was Bray; his men needed medical attention. Yelling across the street for them to "lay down some cover," Wilkinson grabbed...