Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mulloy slapped a formal launch constraint on the joint problem. That meant that there could be no shuttle flight until the seal was fixed. But few above Mulloy even knew the constraint existed; worse yet, having imposed the restraint, Mulloy routinely waived it before each launch. So the shuttles flew, its astronauts innocently unaware of the lingering joint danger...
...human rights in Bern, Soviet delegates informed their American counterparts that 117 Soviet citizens who have relatives in the U.S. would be permitted to join them. In addition, Boris Gulko, a former national chess champion who applied seven years ago to emigrate to Israel, finally received permission and flew to Vienna. Such gestures may temporarily deflect criticism of the way the Soviet Union treats dissenters. But nothing would accomplish that goal so effectively as giving Sakharov and his wife a chance to spend the rest of their lives in peace...
...months a tiny brunet, known to her instructors as Lena Rigon, had been taking helicopter-flying lessons. In reality she was Nadine Vaujour, 34, wife of one of France's most carefully guarded prisoners, and she had learned her lessons well. At 10:45 last Monday morning, Nadine flew a rented chopper to Paris' Sante prison, dropped a rope onto the roof and picked up her husband Michel, 35, who still had 28 years to serve for attempted murder and armed robbery. In the confusion, another inmate was left behind. Minutes later, the helicopter landed in a nearby soccer field...
...first time that Taipei had taken part in direct talks with Peking on any subject since 1949, when the mainland came under Communist control. And to some observers it signaled an unprecedented flexibility on the part of the Nationalist Chinese government. Under the accord, a crew from C.A.A.C. flew the plane to Hong Kong and turned the craft over to Taiwan. That represented a major concession by Peking's negotiators, who had originally demanded that Taiwan send a delegation to the mainland to pick up the jet. Taiwan rejected the proposal outright for fear that it might be misread...
...from public pay phones during his lunch hour, using the alias "Mr. Diamond." The owners of his stocks were listed as International Gold Inc. and Diamond Holdings S.A., which were dummy corporations that Levine had set up in Panama. When he needed to confer with Meier in person, he flew to the Bahamas under a fictitious name, using plane tickets that he purchased with cash. So as not to arouse the suspicion of his wife, he never mentioned his out-of-town trips and avoided spending the night in the Bahamas...