Word: nose
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Airlines in a Nose Dive" [March 22], you pointed out Pan Am's falling load factor and said, "TWA's [load factor] dropped even further in the first two months of this year to 49.1%." Untrue! TWA's load factor rose by 1.7 percentage points in the first two months of 1982 to 53.2%, reflecting our continuing program of reducing excess capacity-the plague of the industry...
After the shuttle's main wheels touched the chalky ground, its nose suddenly veered up, almost as if it were about to take off again. Mission controllers had a brief, horrifying vision of the nose gear thudding back down on the hard desert floor and collapsing under the jolt. But Lousma gently leveled the ship off and let it roll out to a halt. Initially, NASA officials speculated that Columbia's lurching might have been caused by an unexpected gust of wind. But later they insisted that Lousma had eased the stick back, probably to slow the ship...
...most common birth defects in the world. In the U.S. they afflict about one out of 750 babies. The lip is easily sutured by a plastic surgeon within ten weeks or so of birth, but the gap in the roof of the mouth, usually open clear through to the nose, cannot be closed until the facial bones have grown. This may take a year or more. That period can be trying for both parents and child. First there is the shock of the baby's disfigurement. In addition, affected infants cannot suck normally; they must...
...kinds of snow abound in Colorado: powder for the slopes and powder for the nose. According to a state survey, a quarter of the people at ski resorts like Aspen ("Toot City") have got their Rocky Mountain highs from cocaine. So it is appropriate that Colorado also boasts the country's only clinic of its type exclusively for coke abusers. Operated by the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, it has been extraordinarily successful in helping people kick the habit. Its principal method? Self-blackmail. The abuser, who comes to the clinic voluntarily and usually in desperation...
...flourishing new breed of tax liars that Will Rogers never dreamed of, and his nose, like Pinocchio's when he lied, should be growing longer and longer. When he files his income tax return next week, Hal will report virtually none of the $25,000 he made last year as a self-employed carpenter in the Boston area. For the past three years, Hal and his wife have filed joint returns listing as income only her $12,000 salary as a social worker and the small amount he is paid by check rather than in cash. The carpenter figures...