Word: dinges
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...chipped thermal tiles could be an even more serious problem. It's not certain whether foam caused any of that damage, but it's bad news all the same, particularly the 1.5-in. ding that is located on the edge of the door covering the nosewheel well. Any breach there could cause superheated gases to stream into the enclosed space where the landing gear is stowed, forming a vapor bomb inside the ship. NASA, however, is confident that all the chips are minor and is saying so with uncommon certainty. "It looks extremely good," says Shannon. "We don't have...
Last May CITIC opened a four-member office in Manhattan's World Trade Center to deal directly with U.S. banks and corporations. Headed by Ding Chen, 56, a Harvard-trained economist, the facility hums with activity. Awed moneymen quickly dubbed Ding "Dr. Go" for his tireless jaunts around the country to acquaint firms with Chinese investment opportunities. At one Washington gathering, CITIC lined up $60 million of new business. In his talks, Ding is careful to soothe any fears about China's future. Says he: "China's open-door policy is not a transient expedient. It will not be changed...
...epoch of Mommy and Daddy Dearest, this memoir is anomalous: a daughter extravagantly admires her father. Nancy Sinatra is aware of Frank's liabilities--the mercurial temper, the sullen withdrawals, the ring-a-ding-ding philosophy. But as she shows, much of the gossip is myth. The subject admits that if he had been quite the satyr of legend, "I'd be speaking to you today from a jar in the Harvard Medical School." Instead, he speaks through a remarkable series of interviews ("It was my idea to make my voice work in the same way as a trombone...
...fateful afternoon, Youssef returned to his room to find a formerly well-stocked box of Drake’s Ring Dings completely empty. “There wasn’t a single Ring Ding left,” he recalls, apparently still grieving the loss...
...open about taking Paxil, an antidepressant, for posttraumatic stress disorder. Loud noises-even test runs of the town's tornado siren-unnerve him. He has deactivated all the alarms in his home and even the seat-belt warnings in his cars. "Get into my car and there's no ding-ding," he says...