Word: crash
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Coming in to its first approach through fog, a United Air Lines two-engine Boeing 737, en route from Washington, D.C., to Omaha, suddenly revved its engines, tilted its nose high, then struck seven houses and crashed a mile and a half short of Midway. Miraculously, the plane apparently killed only two of the residents, and missed a grammar school by one block. But 43 of the 61 people aboard the plane died, including all three members of the cockpit crew. It was the worst domestic airline crash in 1972. Among the victims were Congressman George Washington Collins...
...decorations, scattering them in every direction. When bathed in the glare of the rescue searchlights, the huge upright red, white and blue tail section loomed above the disaster site like an eerie tombstone. One resident, Helen Pristave, had been in her kitchen baking holiday cookies when she heard the crash; Congressman Collins was on his way back to Chicago to coordinate a Christmas party for 10,000 children...
...cause of the disaster would probably not be known for weeks or months. One of the mysteries that remained was how 18 people survived the crash, some with no more than sprains or lacerations. Of the three stewardesses aboard, two who were sitting in the rear jump seats escaped without serious injury, but the one seated in the front was gravely injured. Apparently those toward the back had been protected because the aft section of the plane had held together. One American Airlines pilot on the scene commented, "This is more steel left intact than I've seen...
Many dieters opt for the eccentric. They have no lack of plans from which to choose. Ice cream fiends can find an ice cream diet, lovers of martinis, whipped cream or bananas can find diets that emphasize their favorite foods. Some crash diets seem more popular than others. Among them...
...News of the World to tone down a series of after-the-fact confessions by Christine Keeler, the feminine lead in the 1963 Profumo scandal. Last September the council chided London's Daily Mirror for being "too definitive" in blaming a crew member for a plane crash while an investigation was just beginning. The Mirror apologized in print. When the council argued last January against further legal restrictions on news reporting, the government committee considering the proposed new rules decided that they were unnecessary...