Word: flew
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...dislodged before liftoff, all after NASA decided to eliminate 37 pounds of it in a new tank coverage design before Discovery was rolled out to the launchpad. It was a move Hale called the "largest aerodynamic change that we have made to the space shuttle since it first flew...
...This captivating exhibition gives a sense of what drove Maar to that obsessive hoarding of memories; of the giddy, dangerous thrill of orbiting, touching?occasionally guiding?artistic genius in all its searing intensity. It was Maar's glorious tragedy, and our good fortune, that she flew so close to the flame...
...lawsuit, which is seeking $30 million in damages, comes on the heels of another headline grabber in which a 16-year-old honors student in Michigan flew as far as Jordan before her parents realized she was planning to rendezvous with--and marry--a West Bank man she had met on MySpace. With countless parents now wondering what kind of liaisons their kids are forging online, law-enforcement agencies and elected officials have begun to step up their efforts to get teen-laden networking sites to improve their safety measures. Attorneys general of 22 states have called on the sites...
...varsity straight four, Reid and the rest of the crew took a different approach to the race. Without a coxswain to guide its efforts, the boat placed an emphasis on being relaxed and focused rather than trying to outmuscle the heavyweights.The strategy worked, as the lighter Harvard boat flew through the water and defeated Wisconsin by a length and a half to capture the national title.“Because the straight four is so light and so fast, you can take care of boats that are much bigger than you,” Reid said...
...2001—the date is engraved on her wedding band, she says—to interview him for an HBR article. She then wrote the article, she recounts in her spacious Boston home, adding that it had been edited and shipped into production by the time she flew down to New York City in late December to take a photo with Welch, who was married at the time. After a lunch together, which in her words “was the longest in the history of mankind,” and dinner later that evening, Jack and the future...