Word: piloted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...obvious now that it's amazing no one thought of it sooner: a computer that keeps track of thousands of phone numbers, addresses and calendar appointments, a to-do list and memos, yet is small enough to fit in your shirt pocket. When Palm Computing first introduced its tiny Pilot two years ago, the gizmo did all that and more--and hit the jackpot. Sales zoomed to a million, and everyone from Al Gore to Robin Williams was packing one. At $299, the device was cheap (for a computer), hip and elegant. But the real secret to its success? Simplicity...
...like V-chips and school uniforms, once re-elected, he lacked direction. Further, he seemed increasingly listless--more interested in his golf game than governing. This posed a huge problem for congressional Democrats. As a lame duck, Clinton could afford to coast through the next four year on automatic pilot. They couldn't. Democrats in Congress had become so reliant on Clinton that without his direction they risked heading into the '98 election empty-handed and empty-headed. The Democrats had gotten into bed with Clinton (metaphorically, of course) and he was now dozing off on them...
...Marines are not just holding the pilot responsible for the Prowler air crash that killed 20 people at an Italian ski resort, they?re considering charges against all four crew members. ?There?s only one set of flight controls on that aircraft,? says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. ?Pointing the finger at all four men suggests there may have been a pact among them to engage in some sort of horseplay. The Marines were not impressed that all four crewmen initially refused to testify, allowing them to collude and present a common account...
...sometime carpenter with a good reputation among those who've hired him, Rudolph is one of five children reared by a strict and deeply religious mother. Their father, an airline pilot, died when Rudolph was in his early teens. Teresa Morgan, 28, who attended school with the Rudolph kids, described them as "very well mannered. Everything was 'yes, ma'am' and 'no, sir.'" Rudolph, she recalls, was so bright and attentive in class that he could pass exams "without ever reading a textbook." He harbored "very extreme views" but was quiet and something of a loner. When other kids would...
LAKE PLACID NEWS, FEB. 12, 1932 Governor's Wife Rides with Red Devil Pilot...