Word: flew
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the airline industry was deregulated in 1978, American, Delta, United and other major carriers abandoned many unprofitable routes serving smaller cities. Into the void flew a fleet of plucky commuter lines. Relying largely on twin-engine turboprops, the regional airlines, including Atlantic Southeast, Air Wisconsin and Ransome, began turning profits in markets where bigger airlines and their larger planes had lost money...
Although ridership on the regionals is up since the advent of deregulation, the number of airlines has been falling because of mergers and bankruptcies. In 1984, 26.1 million people flew on them, and one industry watcher believes that by the end of 1986 the number will grow to 45.8 million. Still, 29 of the 208 commuter lines went out of business between 1978 and 1984. An additional 50 are expected to fail before the end of the decade...
...think it [the pass] was lifted," Harvard forward Kate Felsen said. "I had my stick down and it flew over...
Barresi, in a defensive scuffle with Terrier midfielder Laura Eliseo, let go of her stick which--from the force of the tangle--flew into the first row of seats...
...NOTEBOOK: The Harvard JV team beat Brown, 1-0, on Julie Cohen's first-half goal...In the varsity game, two balls flew through the protective nets that surround the rooftop and into the parking lot five stories below...In the JV game, a ball slid into a drain pipe and also wound up in the parking lot...Midfielder Sharon Kosakowski played in both games...Harvard is 1-0-2 in games that have gone into double overtime and 1-1-1 on artificial turf......Harvard's final two games are on the road...