Word: downdrafter
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...scandal didn't have to happen. He had got divorced in 1991 with no electoral downdraft. As Irish luck would have it, he had married a woman much like the woman who married dear old Granddad: silent in the face of a raw pursuit of power and pleasure. When the marriage ended, Sheila didn't utter a peep, not even asking for alimony. For the sake of the children, she stayed in the Boston area, moving into a rundown house in Cambridge, which she renovated. When Joe soon took up with an aide in his office, Beth Kelly, Sheila said...
...scene of the raid-a run-down former administrator's House at Same, about 50km south of Dili, which the rebels took over on Feb. 26-Australian soldiers were still manning checkpoints on nearby access roads. Parts of the building's roof had been blown off, apparently by the downdraft from the two Black Hawk helicopters used in the raid, and there were bullet holes in some trees along nearby roads. Two boxes of medical supplies and a generator appeared to have been abandoned by the rebels...
...Jones industrial average fell a startling 416 points on Tuesday - at one point it was down more than 500 - concerns heightened about the fate of the U.S. economy. A 9% downdraft in Chinese stocks earlier in the day triggered the selling on Wall Street, while some downbeat economic news and an unexpected warning from an old bogeyman, Alan Greenspan, threw a scare into investors...
...custom-built throwback machines. "At the end of a straightaway, you've got to use the brakes and force 3,400 lbs. to change direction, which it doesn't want to do." And you've got other drivers who think nothing of sitting on your rear bumper, stealing your downdraft, making your car "loose" and sending you flying up the track...
American's splashy offer jolted most of its rivals like a sharp downdraft. Within three hours, United responded with similar fares. Then came a squadron of others, including Delta, Eastern, Northwest, Republic, Pan Am, TWA and Piedmont. Consumers dived for their telephones when they heard the news. During one 29-hr. period Tuesday and Wednesday, American received 430,000 calls, 80% more than normal. Said United Vice President Charles Novak: "The response has been tremendous...