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...That preparation came through during those several minutes of danger. After flying at a low altitude with the wing flaps (which are usually used to slow the plane on landing) deployed and the nose pitched up slightly higher than usual-all of which helped burn off unwanted fuel faster-the pilots executed a textbook emergency landing a Los Angeles. They brought the plane in as slow as possible, touched down in the center of the runway, and by holding the sidestick back kept the nosewheel from touching down until the last moment, and then applied the brakes to come...
This past weekend, the Crimson proved that it could do even better than merely overcome its losses by setting a new team record. After a slow start on Saturday, Harvard had a record-breaking outing Sunday at the Dartmouth Invitational in Hanover, New Hampshire. The team broke the Crimson’s one-day total record by a whopping nine strokes, erasing any doubts about living up to last season’s end-of-the-year success. The entire team shot in the 70s—something that did not happen in any of last year?...
...Special Report on the Hurricane Katrina disaster drew mail from readers expressing sympathy for the suffering of the survivors and outrage over the agonizing slowness of the U.S. government's response. Many blamed President Bush for the delays; others called such finger-pointing unfair The sluggish response to the crisis of Hurricane Katrina was shameful [Sept. 12]. There seemed to be a lack of organization and little coordination among federal, state and local authorities. The Gulf Coast contains vital ports for oil and natural gas and should have been given a high priority in U.S. defense planning against terrorism...
Obama called the federal government’s response “achingly slow.” And responding to allegations of racism in the government’s reaction, Obama said he did not blame federal officials for any “active malice,” but for “passive indifference”—the assumption that people of all races and income levels had the necessary resources to evacuate before the hurricane...
Dawson ran for 153 yards on 37 carries and a touchdown despite Holy Cross’s efforts to crowd the line of scrimmage and slow Harvard’s ground game. Dawson did not have any of his signature 80-yard dashes, but managed to mount up the yards in five- or six-yard increments...