Word: crash
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...couldn't be more proud of our guys," Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. "We played as hard as we could. We just have to crash through the barrier and make the plays when the game is on the line...
...that Vice President Al Gore '69 would win the electoral vote, while Texas Gov. George W. Bush took the popular tally -- and now the reverse seems to have taken place. In Missouri, Sen. John Ashcroft was leading in the polls before his opponent, Mel Carnahan, died in a plane crash -- at which point the deceased candidate promptly ran away with the election. Bill M. Daley, son of the most famous machine mayor in American history, Chicago's Dick "vote early and often" Daley, finds himself inveighing against "voter irregularities" and talking about "disenfranchisement." And down in sunny, senile Florida...
Survivability is a top issue in aviation safety today. The widely held perception is that an airline crash is always a catastrophically fatal one. Yet in more than 90% of airplane accidents, some or all of the people on board survive. That figure could be greatly increased. Crucial problems still exist in safety procedures and equipment, according to a June report on cabin safety by the U.S. National Transportation and Safety Board. Over the past 20 years, the Federal Aviation Administration has improved cabin safety by limiting the size of carry-on baggage, requiring nonflammable seat coverings and mandating reliable...
...more than 90 people, including Diaz, managed to survive the crash and conflagration. And so, while the investigation continues into why Flight 006 made that wrong turn and collided with construction equipment, aviation experts are also trying to learn how more people could have been saved...
...Missouri race is now anything but normal. Immediately after Democratic candidate Mel Carnahan died in a plane crash, it appeared that the party's Senate hopes had been severely diminished...