Word: crashing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pointing got under way almost immediately. "The worst contributing factor was the pilot's decision to go into that weather and land," says former Department of Transportation inspector general Mary Schiavo. "At a certain point, you have to say the weather wins." Co-pilot Michael Origel, who survived the crash, disagrees. He told investigators Friday that the plane approached through a break in the clouds and that the runway was largely visible at all times. But if the plane was facing winds of over 50 m.p.h., it was in danger, says Flight Safety Foundation president Stuart Matthews. "That...
Having spent 18 months probing the moon's surface and interior, Lunar Prospector is running out of fuel, and is expected to crash at the end of July. Rather than just let it go, however, NASA decided to give the satellite a final mission: to take aim at a crater near the moon's south pole and slam into it at 3,600 M.P.H...
...Mager even earned the affectionate nickname "Crash Davis" from his coaches, after Kevin Costner's character in the baseball classic "Bull Durham...
...During a crash at the net in practice, one player fell on Prestifilippo breaking his collarbone, forcing sophomore Oliver Jonas--who was pulled in two previous appearances--to start against the best offense in the ECAC...
...think his policies have been very good," Feldstein wrote in his e-mail message. "He dealt wisely with bringing down inflation, he responded well to two financial market crises (the 1987 stock market crash and the 1998 credit crunch), and he has helped to advance important improvements in deregulating the financial sector...