Word: firings
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...there any place for the old fire-and-brimstone football coach who isn't afraid to cuss out his boys and even dole out a bit of corporal punishment in order to teach his team to man up? No, insists Shropshire, who recalls getting showered with unprintable verbal abuse by one assistant coach while he was an offensive lineman at Stanford in the 1970s. "Society has evolved," he says. "We shouldn't be longing for the good old days...
...root problem from FIRE's perspective," Kissel told FlyBy, "is that it was a decision by an administrator...
...Passengers later said there was something curious about the spare young man who had tried to bring down their plane: he was silent throughout the attack. He didn't panic. He didn't yell any last-second religious slogans. He was calm and methodical as he set himself on fire. It was as though he had been trained...
...estate consultant, who was sitting in seat 18H - immediately stood up, in defiance of the seat-belt sign, and looked to his left. Ghonda remained upright another minute and soon saw thick, dark gray smoke coming from the man in seat 19A. He pointed across the cabin and yelled, "Fire!" As he did, flames began to shoot from Abdulmutallab's lap. (See pictures of the life of privilege of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab...
...passengers to pass water bottles and blankets his way. Other passengers screamed; some ran to other cabins. "I don't want to die! I want out!" yelled one. Two flight attendants, alarmed by the smell of smoke, rushed past the dozens of passengers out of their seats to find fire extinguishers. They doused Abdulmutallab and Schuringa as well as the burning seat, the floor, the walls and the surrounding area. Abdulmutallab, his pants torched, naked from waist to knees, was hustled by Schuringa and crew members to the first-class cabin, where he was restrained. The whole thing had taken...