Word: delta
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...knew inspections were haphazard, but some of the examples were simply ludicrous. In 1995 Delta Airlines planes underwent nearly 13,000 inspections--but received only seven violations. The inspectors rarely did the paperwork necessary to follow up on the few problems they uncovered...
...undertook a transformation almost unprecedented in hip-hop. Over four years, he morphed from a mediocre rapper with a thuggish point of view into a savant who merges sex, drugs and politics with a sneaky intellect, a freakish knowledge of pop culture and a voice out of the Delta. Whether Wayne is, as he claims, the "best rapper alive" is no longer even debated in hip-hop or commercial circles. Since June 10, when his latest album, Tha Carter III, sold 1,005,545 copies in its first week, he's been the undisputed champ...
...Streets and houses along the Xijiang River in Guangdong were submerged in the worst flooding to hit the Pearl River Delta region in 50 years, the official China Daily newspaper said...
...fighter pilot, the lanky McPeak can be outspoken ("I can't keep my mouth shut," he told TIME earlier this week when asked about his support for Obama). He was a controversial chief of staff, ordering a new uniform that was derided for making Air Force personnel look like Delta pilots - which was promptly dropped when he retired...
...area is in trouble because its water is piped in from the beleaguered Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Last August, a Federal court set limits on pumping from the Delta, in an attempt to help endangered smelt fish. In a further measure to protect smelt, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced just last week it would cut San Joaquin Valley farm water supplies to 40% of the contracted amount. Many of the farmers in the region have been allotted only one sixth of the water supply they need to sustain their crops through the crucial summer months. "This...