Word: hit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plane could not. Hurtling at 164 m.p.h., the Boeing 727 jet hit the ground on its right wing, snapped open in two places, skidded for 1,000 ft. and finally stopped in a field of knee-high weeds. Flaming jet fuel splattered inside the shattered fuselage, igniting carpets, paneling and seat covers that gave off lethal gases as they burned...
...must fly, so that he can arrive at one of New York City's airports in time for flights that depart by 7 a.m., before runways clog. That strategy allowed him to arrive in Los Angeles three hours before a meeting in Palm Springs. He rented a car and hit the crowded freeways. He missed the meeting by two hours...
...talk is simple, without the oratory that made his presidential campaign speeches soar but created doubts that this ambitious young Senator meant what he said. He talks of coming through his ordeal "unscathed but not ungrateful" and of how his wife took charge when that "stab of fear" hit him in the ambulance. There are no tears until he starts talking about his oldest son's inauspicious first year at college, seeing his father the presidential candidate on television regularly for the first four months, not always favorably, then commuting between the University of Pennsylvania and his father's bedside...
Biden first looked death in the face during the heady period after his 1972 election to the Senate at age 29. His wife and three children were returning from buying a Christmas tree in Wilmington when a truck hit them. His wife and infant daughter died; his two sons were critically injured. He considered giving up his seat, but his family rallied around him. His sister moved into the Wilmington house to take care of the boys, and he began his daily three- hour round-trip commute to the Capitol...
...study group will look at how targets in the public are selected; and you can be selective as to what truths you tell to whom. You find the most responsive people and hit them with the most powerful message," he said...