Word: crashes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pathologists, dentists, radiologists and funeral directors is running an around-the-clock operation to prepare bodies for identification. They are men of few words, like Terry Edwards, 47, a veteran funeral director from Eastland, Texas. Although he has volunteered for 11 disasters' aftermaths, including cleaning up the Columbia shuttle crash, he says New Orleans is the worst. In teams of two, Edwards and his comrades open each body bag, inventory the contents, decontaminate for chemical waste, then assess the victim for gunshot wounds or a shattered skull that might indicate murder, not accidental death. Each victim is photographed, with attention...
...went home, was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash and stopped being Bob Dylan for a while. In truth, he was never that Bob Dylan again; the past four decades have been a fascinating coda to the brief musical miracle this documentary captures...
...Aqbalzada's students are only in seventh grade, but their ages range from 18 to 27. Their schooling was interrupted by civil war and the Taliban regime, which barred girls from attending classes. Now they are getting a crash course not just in basic biology but in the rudiments of democracy. They are learning how to vote, in particular for their own teacher, who is running for election in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan. "At my school I can only help a few women at a time," says Aqbalzada, 29. "If I get a seat on the provincial council...
...reliable service. It offers the only low-fare business class in the industry. As a result, AirTran has stolen market share from Delta at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport--Delta's primary hub.Leonard and president Bob Fornaro built AirTran on the ashes of ValuJet, which suffered a fatal crash in the Florida Everglades in 1996. In 2003, when aircraft prices hit rock bottom, they made a decision that looks prophetic today: they ordered 100 fuel-efficient, long-range Boeing 737s. Fornaro says the airline is burning 25% less fuel than it was five years ago. AirTran reported net income...
...excerpt you published of the book Crash Course by Chris Whittle [Aug. 29], he argues that putting children in charge of their own learning will improve our schools. Whittle envisions children organizing their own school day in classrooms with larger numbers of students; children contributing to the functioning of the school; children capable of tremendous focus and responsibility. As a parent of a former Montessori student, I can tell you that Whittle is describing a typical Montessori classroom. When we teach our children to think, to process and to be accountable for their own learning, they succeed. Montessori has been...