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Word: crash (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Officer Kathleen Stanford suffered a broken jaw when her patrol car slammed into a bridge abutment about three weeks ago, Morse said. The crash occurred as Stanford tried to avoid hitting a car that had pulled in front...

Author: By Adam N. Gurfain, | Title: Harvard Motorcycle Policeman Injured in Crash With Car | 4/21/1984 | See Source »

Hart's crash left aides sifting through the wreckage, trying to figure out how they erred in order to rebuild the campaign for this week's Pennsylvania primary. They did not have to look hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fritz Hits One Out of the Park | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...altitude (JETY) and subtract the altitude of the enemy missile (EMISY). If the result is ten or more, the two objects have missed each other. If it is less than ten, the program puts a one in a special switch called JETCOND that sends the jet into a flaming crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Forty Days and Forty Nights | 4/16/1984 | See Source »

...with that little spiel on takeoff about safety exits and all that crap? "In the unlikely event that we have to ditch the aircraft over water, your seat cushion will act as a floatation device." First off, if it's so damn unlikely that we're going to crash, why bother telling us about it? And a floatation device? Great, you're crashing into the water at 600 miles per hour--all you need is a surfboard...

Author: By Todd A. Valdes, | Title: No Sour Grapes | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...high seas, but Team Spirit '84 maneuvers on land ended in tragedy when a U.S. Marine CH-53D helicopter slammed into the side of a mountain. The entire crew of 18 U.S. Marines and eleven South Korean marines are believed to have perished in the fiery crash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Too Close an Encounter | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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