Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Three minutes later, Asano moved inside the12-meter circle, faking out the Columbia defenseand staying low to the ground to put one past thefearsome Kline. This time it was Columbia whocalled time out. But it didn't help...
Above the fighters is the intel package: E-3 AWACS and E-2C radar planes, E-8 Joint STARS ground-surveillance planes and RC-135 Rivet Joint planes. They comb the sky and ground for the enemy, feed targets to pilots and keep allied warplanes safely apart. When you near your target, you peel off from your buddies, dodging antiaircraft artillery and corkscrewing missiles...
...many respects Pepsi is getting real about what it can accomplish. On the ground, the goal is to be in your face, not Coke's, and steadily increase Pepsi's presence by gaining a restaurant account here, an extra foot of shelf space there. For Pepsi, a company whose culture has always thrived on big-idea, renegade thinking, this is much humbler stuff. But, asks Marineau, "how do you become a Pepsi loyalist...
...sounds a little weird, but it can't hurt, right? After all, no matter how scary the high-flying simulation gets, my feet will always be firmly planted on the ground. Before my virtual flight, psychologist Samantha Smith went over a few relaxation techniques: keep breathing, remember that the chance of dying in a plane crash is 1 in 10 million and use special tricks to distract myself from my mind's own in-flight horror movies. So far, so good. In fact, when I glanced over at the dorky plastic seat and headset I was about...
...takeoff," I heard the familiar runway rumbling and felt the vibrations that normally start me chanting, "Dear God, please don't let me die." But this time I felt fine. In fact, I never felt the wheels leave the ground, even though I could see we were supposed to be in the air. As we passed through puffy white clouds, I was so comfortable, I could have taken a nap. I had a sudden craving for a diet Coke, but there wasn't a flight attendant in sight. When the thunderstorms and turbulence came along--the part I secretly hoped...