Word: slams
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What's a country to do when bad news is going to slam its national airline? Hire some Washington spinners and aviation consultants, if the investigation into EgyptAir Flight 990 is anything to go by. After the National Transportation Safety Board reached a preliminary analysis that the crash that killed 217 in October was caused by a suicidal co-pilot, GAMIL EL-BATOUTI, Egypt applied political pressure in Washington and is spending freely on a public relations effort. A slew of experts were hired to press the issue for EgyptAir, including former NTSB chairman CARL VOGT and several former NTSB...
Which is not to say the case is a slam dunk for Microsoft. The company stubbornly clings to fixed ideas that backfired in Jackson's court and could easily backfire again. For example, Microsoft still plans to argue that it is not a monopoly--even though it controls more than 90% of the PC operating-system market. And it continues to claim that well-established antitrust laws do not apply to an industry dealing in 21st century technology. The company's almost religious zeal on these points won't help its image in the appeals court. "If you indiscriminately attack...
...seconds on the clock, firing off a shot--swish!--holding the pose, wrist cocked, end of game, end of career. No one has his exact gifts, but we can all imagine being like him. The famous silhouette of M.J. soaring for a one-handed slam is somehow the right size and shape for us to slide our own image into...
...Fewer still had the pleasure of watching the nation's best collegiate tennis player last year, the now-departed--and current professional player--James Blake '01, who wowed the sparse Crimson crowds en route to winning two NCAA grand slam events and finishing with the No. 1 ranking...
Lemieux snapped a 0-0 tie in the third period forcing the puck up ice through brute determination. It was only fitting that he slam home the rebound off of (Sucks to) B.U. alum Jay Pandolfo's slapshot...