Word: jumbo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before the crash, the pilot radioed to report that the 15-year-old jumbo jet experienced "complete hydraulic failure," Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Fred Farrar said. Parts of the plane were found 50 miles away...
...least 76 people were killed, and up to 43 others were missing and believed dead in Wednesday's spectacular crash of a DC-10 jumbo...
...Crimson tied the score in the bottom half of the inning when Co-Captain Nancy Prior drew a one-out bases loaded walk from Jumbo pitcher Tracy Cleverdon. But Harvard left the bases loaded, a problem which was to plague them throughout the rest of the game...
Just a week after President Bush unveiled his plan to bail out hundreds of insolvent savings and loans, some of them took a turn for the perverse by getting into a costly new interest-rate war. Houston's Commonwealth Savings cranked up the rates it pays on six-month "jumbo" certificates of deposit (typical size: $100,000) from 9.6% to a hefty 10.75%. In California, Pasadena's BancPlus Savings followed suit with a 10.5% six-month rate. One reason for the feverish run-up was the need for the thrifts to compensate depositors for the perceived risk of putting money...
HONOLULU--A gaping hole ripped open on the right side of a United Airlines jumbo jet carrying 354 people yesterday, sucking as many as 16 passengers to their death 20,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean, authorities said...