Word: ices
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leaped from the ice and kicked it away with...
Eastern had canceled almost all flights yesterday, but had supervisors haul baggage and de-ice planes to keep its Northeast shuttle flying some of its scheduled trips despite a snowstorm. Pan American World Airways doubled its Northeast shuttle service to take advantage of Eastern's troubles...
...howling wind cascaded through the cabin so fast that one woman's earrings were pulled from her ears. Oxygen masks popped free (some people later complained that several oxygen compartments failed to open). "It was a nightmare," said passenger Dalenya Poliszcuk. A shower of ice cubes from the beverage carts and all sorts of personal possessions filled the air. "There were shoes blown back from the front of the plane," reported passenger Andrew Gannon. "A stewardess went flying, and another one tried to calm everybody down...
Then strength and her adventurer's enchanted luck took over. She swung her ice ax, sunk it into the snow face and performed a perfect self-arrest, just the way they teach it in climbing school. She ditched the oxygen bottle and found her Sherpa. The only thing she could see by this time was the blue of his boots, so she followed the moving blue blobs. The next day her eyes were swollen shut...
...Golden Knights gained home ice on the merits of a five-game winning streak that culminated in last Friday's 6-5 win at Dartmouth. Harvard snapped Clarkson's streak with a 7-5 victory at Bright Center last Saturday...