Word: frame
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...need is a clock and an explosive that's powerful enough," says Ronay. On Pan Am Flight 103, the bomb was the size of a coffee cup, but it happened to be placed near the skin of the plane, where it broke through the fuselage and weakened the frame of the aircraft, causing the plane to break up. "If it had been inboard," says Ronay, "it might not have done that kind of damage. Luggage makes a good buffer." Terrorists may have been lucky with TWA Flight 800 as well...
...together airplane wreckage and pinpointing the probable cause of what was, in this case, an extremely powerful and violent explosion. "The NTSB puts together a "Go Team" which is headed by a member of the Board. The team is made up of highly specialized experts in propulsion (engine), air frame (fuselage), hydraulics, electronics and computer technology," says Hannifin. These experts and metallurgists, as they salvage pieces of the plane, will build a gigantic metal jigsaw puzzle in a effort to piece together the 747 airliner. They will study such factors as the direction in which particular pieces of the wreckage...
...addition, the University proposed to keep rents at rent-control levels until 1998 for its 94 low-income tenants and to set aside 10 percent of its units as affordable housing for 20 years. The University also proposed to sell 24 of its apartment buildings--mostly small, wood-frame houses--on the open market...
With his six-foot-three, 260-pound frame, Ruth became an All-American nose tackle for Boston College and played professional football for five years, including three with the New England Patriots...
...backup to star quarter back Bill A. Whisler, whose 6'3" 210 pound frame led Yankton High School to consecutive conference championships...