Word: dump
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PILOT DISCORD ON NO. 111? When Swissair flight 111 crashed off Nova Scotia last fall, many experts were surprised that the pilots turned out to sea to dump fuel--a standard emergency tack but one that may have given the plane's suspected wiring problem enough time to force the craft down. Last week the Wall Street Journal reported that a preliminary summary of a cockpit recording showed that co-pilot Stefan Lowe suggested landing immediately but was overruled repeatedly by Captain Urs Zimmermann, who focused on the procedural checklist...
...Saints' fifth goal was the final nail inthe coffin and the most embarrassing moment of thenight for the Crimson. At 13:36 Prestifilippo wentbehind the net to gather what looked like aroutine dump. But instead of getting rid of thepuck, he inexplicably held on to it while the St.Lawrence forwards charged...
...things that dump foam or water on you, and they're battery operated. I stole all the batteries and took...
Then there are those roommates or entrywaymates who, with a lame excuse and little else, dump their pre-frosh on a kind-hearted friend as they high-tail it out of town for the weekend. In one such case the pre-frosh, after spending several hours reading in an empty common room, was finally taken out by his surrogate host, Avra C. Van Der Zee '02, who had taken pity on him after he left several desperate notes on her door. After spending the night fending off his earnest advances, Van Der Zee came to the conclusion that "pre-frosh...
...Transcripts of the tapes, of course, have been available ever since the second Ken Starr data dump back in September. But what was previously available only in hard-to-read PDF files or hefty legal paperbacks is now jumping off the page and coming alive as it is performed by the original actresses. We can hear all the little details like those "double clicks" that an unsuspecting Lewinsky notes at one point, which the duplicitous Tripp is able to pass off as "my gum." And, of course, we get to hear Monica's voice for the first time. Guessing what...