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...someone so full of promise, set aloft by luminaries like Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Bob Kerrey and Michael Jordan, stall in midair? There were tactical mistakes, like spending too much time in Iowa, but there was a bigger problem. If you are going to run on personality, you'd better have one that wears well. Bradley talked about love and hope with the warmth of a telemarketer. He respected "the people," but not one by one. If the premise of a question was wrong, he would correct it even if the question was posed by a kid. His high school coach...
When Charles Barkley landed on his knee after a midair collision last Wednesday in Philadelphia, he knew his season, and career, were over...
Williams dribbled into the high post, where sophomore point guard Drew Gellert picked him up and jumped to block his shot. But Williams switched to his left hand in midair and flipped the game-winner around Gellert's outstretched arms...
...Drew had Chris covered," Harvard Coach Frank Sullivan said. "And he made a great defensive play. He forced Chris to adjust his shot in midair and take the shot with his left hand. Chris just made a great elevated shot. It was as simple as that...
...during landing by reversing the airflow from the engines. And while the devices are great for shortening landing rolls--or stopping a plane during an aborted takeoff--they can be deadly if accidentally deployed in flight. In 1991 a thrust reverser on a Lauda Air Boeing 767 deployed in midair, sending the plane into a death plunge over Thailand. That jet was No. 283 on Boeing's assembly line. EgyptAir Flight 990 was jet No. 282. In the two months before the crash, the FAA took steps to require airlines to make two fixes in the thrust reversers used...