Word: shears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Shear Madness--Charles Playhouse, Stage...
...Monday the hillside under Mameyes suddenly buckled. The slide started near the top of the slope and gathered force in an avalanche of devastation. A shear of heavy clay and loosened limestone outcroppings tore through the flimsy homes, crushing many like so much matchwood and trapping their occupants. "I cannot explain how we are alive," recounted Julio Maldonado, who with his wife and six children escaped the swath of the slide. "First the entrance wall fell off, and then the other walls fell off. And then we were sliding down, sandwiched between the floor and the ceiling...
...also been looking for better ways to warn planes of violent wind shear, like the downdraft that caused a Delta L-1011 jet to crash near Dallas last month, killing 135. The FAA is proceeding with research into radar methods that can give better indications of wind shear. And in Tokyo, FAA officials, along with other U.S. experts, have gathered to assist in the investigation of the Aug. 12 crash of Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747 similar to many flown by U.S. carriers. A 60-page preliminary report released last week by Japan's Transport Ministry provided...
...enforce this proclamation by cutting off any and all ties, worn at any and all occasions." Quick to the cut himself, Rogers has personally slashed some 220 cravats during the past four summers. Most victims, like Local Banker Sam Young, take it with at least a forced grin. The shear effrontery of Rogers is not limited to men. "If (Houston Mayor) Kathy Whitmire shows up," he pledges, "I will cut off that thing she wears that looks like...
National Transportation Safety Board officials have ruled out "wind shear" as a factor in the incident. Instead, they are looking into possible mechanical failure or crew error. It has been established that the automatic pilot system was in operation while the plane cruised at 41,000 ft. This mechanism keeps aircraft on a safe course at high altitudes, where the human eye cannot judge the angle of flight. But while a plane is operating under the system, even small variations in speed or flight angle can cause a stall or nose dive. A key question is whether Ming overrode...