Word: loadings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...British Airline Pilots Association. The 150-page report blames six of the ten major crashes of British airlines between 1966 and 1970 on nothing more complicated than pilot fatigue. It noted that all six crashes, in which 257 lives were lost, occurred during takeoff and landing, "when the work load is highest and fatigue at its worst." In five of the accidents, "the crew apparently flew a fully serviceable aircraft into the ground...
...Petty, now 59, watches as his son Richard, 35, helps load one of their gleaming, newly handcrafted Dodges onto a trailer truck at their 60-acre Level Cross spread. Richard is heading for a Grand National race in North Wilkesboro, N.C. Following in his father's slipstream, he is a fireballing folk hero, the center of attention at the North Wilkesboro track. Inevitably, doting fans who have driven their pickup trucks and campers hundreds of miles to see Petty race, ask him which of his many records−750 victories over 15 years, $1,411,788 in prize money...
Harvard had a tremendous load of talent in its freshman crew last season and the sophomores ended up winning a total of six seats in the varsity and J.V. boats. That influx of talent, plus the experienced core of varsity returnees, makes the Crimson a powerful contender for the Sprint victory which has eluded it for the past two years...
Weissent ran into trouble in the third when Young doubled, Vincent Nigro walked and outfielder John Texeira bunted safely to load the bases with no outs. Evan Rasmussan then attempted another bunt but Young was picked off at the plate...
With fewer shoulders hefting a bigger load of mail, the spirit and flesh have grown weaker. Rademacher plans to testify to the Senate this week that morale is down and mortality is up among his union members. An ongoing national survey by the union that has so far covered 110 cities shows that mailmen have suffered 300 heart attacks and 24 deaths on the job since last April-three times the comparable statistics for those cities in the previous year...