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...dreaded Staublawine (German for dust avalanche), which may occur, for example, when heavy new snowfalls fail to cling to the older foundation and begin to slide in billowing masses down the slope. It can be set off by a sudden shift of wind. Literally riding on a cushion of air at speeds of up to 150 m.p.h., dust avalanches create such enormous pressure differentials that they have been known to pull people out of their homes or knock down scores of trees without actually striking them...
Turco beat Green goaltender Tom Schuster on a breakaway at 5:15 of the first period to provide an early cushion and ten minutes later. Mark did the same, bursting through a lethargic Indian defense and getting a pretty pass from Turco to set up another breakaway...
...leave Biafra, ostensibly to seek help elsewhere, actually to facilitate the surrender. Ojukwu later claimed that the decision was his; in Lagos, there were contrary reports that Effiong and other dissenters had forced Ojukwu to go. In any case, Ojukwu departed with bank accounts in London and Zurich to cushion the blow. With Ojukwu gone, Effiong broadcast a call for a cease-fire over a mobile radio transmitter. "Our people are now disillusioned," he said, "and those elements of the old government regime who have made negotiations and reconciliations impossible have voluntarily removed themselves from our midst...
...What You Want," which will make you hate yourself for not being in the front row of the Boston Garden last Thanksgiving. And the tapes of Woodstock may so infect you with the spirit of that great historio-cultural event as to talk with the person on the cushion next to yours...
...cushion vehicle, the Spectra I, looks something like a funland bump car with a big fan on the back. It is powered by two engines-"one for up," in the words of MHV's promotional brochure, "and one for over." The first inflates Spectra's black vinyl skirts and forces air to seep out from under them, providing a cushion that suspends the craft above the surface; the second turns a propeller that thrusts the vehicle forward. Only 10 ft. long and 6 ft. wide, Spectra I weighs 450 Ibs. and costs between...