Word: chucking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Today that chief pilot Richard Buschmann and copilot Michael Origel seem to have skipped all or part of their landing "checklist" that airlines use to make sure their pilots follow proper procedure, especially during takeoff and landing. (Buschmann was killed in the accident; Origel survived.) Did the pilots chuck the book when they got a look at the hairy conditions on the ground? Or was it a different sort of foul-up -- the Associated Press has reported that the checklist observed in the cockpit that night displayed data for takeoff instead of landing...
...York since January, her running has gone from unlikely to assumed. The buzz is now all about how best to obscure that she's a carpetbagger, and an especially giant one since she lives famously in a famous house in another city. If she heeds her friend Senator Chuck Schumer's warning not to try to live two lives at once, she will be the first First Lady to abdicate. That certainly turns two for the price...
Fresh Samantha and Nantucket Nectars outsell every beverage product except coffee at Bruegger's Bagels, according to the company's Chief Operating Officer Chuck Chapman...
Several other were also arrested at Chuck's Millionaire Club in Detroit, Officer Collette Hill, a department spokeswoman, said yesterday...
...industry will also have to risk incurring the wrath of musicians themselves. No longer completely dependent on music companies, bands will be likely to break out on their own if they feel they are being too restricted. Chuck D of Public Enemy recently split with Def Jam Records because he felt the label was unresponsive to the group's needs. The band has had continued success since the breakup with the label, keeping up fan interest by posting tracks on their Web site and selling regular and MP3 albums through Atomicpop.com. "Digital distribution levels the playing field," Chuck D told...