Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thinking as he climbed back into his Hyundai and drove across the street to the airport is impossible to know, but as a pilot, he was clearly up against it. Night was falling, and he had two stops to make that evening: one in Martha's Vineyard to drop off Lauren, then on to Hyannis Port. Earlier, Kyle Bailey, a local pilot, had canceled a planned flight from Essex because of a troubling haze that had already reduced visibility. Bailey decided to ground himself when he looked off in the distance for a familiar mountain ridge but couldn...
...unclear why the plane was descending so quickly, but Kennedy may have been trying to drop below the haze. For nearly five minutes, the plane's descent continued at this relatively steep rate, losing about two-thirds of its altitude until it was just 2,300 ft. above the Atlantic wavetops. Martha's Vineyard was by now only 20 miles away, but if the Piper kept dropping at this rate, it would hit ocean well before it reached the landing strip. For a pilot flying in better conditions--even an inexperienced pilot--the next step would be obvious: look...
...stomach. No, it was not the result of a glorious night on the town; it was simply my bad luck. But I figured it was no problem; I'd just call them up and reschedule. So, later that afternoon, feeling much better, I phoned to ask if I could drop by and check the place out. "Oh, I'm sorry," replied the owner of the house, "the room is gone. But I hope you're feeling better." Yeah. I was feeling better...
WHRB won the opportunity after WCRB-FM (102.5), a popular Boston classical station, decided to drop the program after carrying it for more than 60 years...
...when you pop Drop Dead into the time capsule, toss a reel of American Pie in with it. The guys from that movie and the girls from this one could tear one another apart...