Word: craft
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...skirmishes April 18, U.S. Navy forces sank or damaged a half-dozen of Iran's armed craft, including two frigates that have regularly operated in the strait and nearby waters...
...varsity race, Brown snuck to an early advantage, and held it until the midpoint of the race. Then the Harvard craft took charge, creeping past the Bruin boat and into the lead...
...risk in racing in difficult weather is catching an oar in the waves. Under such conditions, crew becomes a maniacal struggle both to keep the craft afloat and to propel it as fast a possible...
...where's the beef?" another defenseattorney, Fred Craft, said of the evidence. "Youare being asked to politically assassinateGovernor Mecham, by those who would politicallygain from his demise...
During the past few months, the skies have seemed increasingly treacherous for commuter planes. The craft, defined as capable of carrying up to 30 passengers, have been involved in seven crashes and 56 deaths since November. By comparison, during the period 1980-86 commuter airlines averaged only 26 fatalities a year. Last week T. Allan McArtor, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration, announced a six-month probe into what appears to be an ominous trend. FAA inspectors will single out the 20% of 173 U.S. carriers with the worst safety problems, then make in-depth field inspections of those airlines...