Word: heard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...United Airlines Flight 811. En route from Honolulu to Auckland, New Zealand, the Boeing 747, carrying 336 passengers and a crew of 18, had climbed to 22,000 ft. over the Pacific. As the flight attendants were preparing to roll out the beverage carts, passengers in the forward section heard a hissing noise. Within seconds came a loud thump of bursting metal and a roar of cold air. "It was like a dream," said passenger Gary Garber later. "A section of the plane wasn't there any longer...
...says Allison, not surprisingly. But then she adds, "Getting to the summit didn't. Winning's easy. Not getting there the year before did. Yeah, failure teaches you things." Luce says, "Maybe I'm calmer. Friends say I seem more mature. Maybe just tired." She and some partners heard the beat of great wings when they were cuffed by the edge of a large avalanche at the Khumbu Icefall. Being in peril, she says, "sharpens your senses for life...
...Nunn had heard enough about Tower. In a closed meeting on Thursday afternoon, he proposed that the committee meet publicly that night, deliver any explanations it wished on how the members had made up their minds, then cast their votes. All along, Tower's fate in the committee had depended on Nunn's own decision. As the Senators debated Tower's strengths and frailties during the three-hour executive session, it was clear that Nunn would not accept the nominee...
...Dallas police interrogated Harris after they heard that he had been boasting to friends about killing a policeman. Nonetheless, when Harris fingered Adams, the police believed him. Within six months, Adams was convicted and sentenced to die. Later Governor William Clements commuted his sentence to life...
...down with the tutor. My friends, at the tutor's request, then spent over an hour recounting the evening's events. They described the hatred that came out of their mouths as honestly as they described the offensive language hurled at them. What that tutor and I heard was the truth...