Word: descented
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...geographical path has been as circuitous as his career. In New York City, driving a cab in between studies, he went onstage twice at Catch a Rising Star, an auditioning house for promising comics, only to be adjudged on the descent. In Los Angeles, ever the scholar at the University of Southern California, he went on The Gong Show, a sort of television Ship of Fools, and won second place with a trained plant act. (He put a fern through a hoop, shot a plant out of a cannon, sawed a plant in half. An old lady from Santa Monica...
...many Arab capitals, particularly Beirut. With the American naval vessels standing by offshore, the U.S. issued its announcement on Thursday that most diplomats were being withdrawn temporarily, leaving only a handful in Beirut, including Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew. The majority of Americans in Lebanon are naturalized citizens of Lebanese descent, and many are longtime residents who want to stay...
...high altitudes, where the human eye cannot judge the angle of flight. But while a plane is operating under the system, even small variations in speed or flight angle can cause a stall or nose dive. A key question is whether Ming overrode the system while making his descent. Federal investigators will continue inspecting the aircraft and interviewing passengers and crew members for several weeks...
...young woman of Latin descent--she was extremely short and wore a headband and some kind of peasant dress--nudged my arm, looked up at me, and said, "We're Maoist utopians and we're prepared to fight to the death." I smiled politely...
...clear desert daylight at Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles, the big passenger jet circled at 2,300 ft, then started its descent...