Word: snow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...investigation concluded that Dostal put the plane into a spin and that Fischer fumbled the recovery because the Air Force had not adequately trained him. The crash report said the engine was running while the plane plunged a mile in 30 sec., in 17 ever tightening spirals, into a snow-covered pasture. Yet witnesses told investigators the plane was silent as it came down. The Air Force grounded the T-3s for a week. And when they resumed flying, spins were banned...
Grove and two colleagues he discovered in the company cafeteria--Bruce Deal and Edward Snow--then set out to make silicon usable. After months of work, they discovered that most of the MOS instability was traceable to an impurity--sodium--introduced when the chips were cured. Like a drop of lemon juice added to a cup of milk, sodium soured the precious semiconductors. The discovery solved a fundamental problem in materials science and set the stage for the semiconductor revolution. Grove and his team won one of the industry's most prestigious awards for the work. At home...
These companies are pouring record sums into capital improvements, adding fast chair lifts and such amusements as skating rinks and snow-tubing shoots to attract more nonskiing vacationers or at least divert them while their partners, spouses and children are on the slopes. The resorts aren't just competing against one another. Leisure dollars are also coveted by the cruise industry, which has spent billions upgrading its capacity, as well as by theme parks and other family destinations...
...GREEN BAY PACKERS The team is too good to be good--yet it won the Super Bowl. Owned by 1,915 locals who volunteer to shovel snow before games, the Pack has role models galore: all-handsome quarterback Brett Favre, who overcame an addiction to pain killers, and all-best defensive end Reggie White, a minister whose burned-down Kentucky church the folks of Green Bay chipped in to rebuild. This season Coach Mike Holmgren, with his Poppin Fresh face and Dad-knows-best style, led his team easily into the playoffs. The Pack seems set to face the 49ers...
...shaped ski, a slim hourglass, is fat tipped, narrow waisted and wide tailed, making it shorter and more flexible than the traditional ski. The curved sides of the shaped ski carve perfect, skid-free arcs when edged into the snow, resulting in more stable and responsive runs for first-timers as well as advanced skiers. More than 60 models are available, and you can get help from manufacturers www.snowlink.com) retailers and ski magazines in choosing. Among the hot skis this year: K2-Four ($600), Volkl Snow Ranger Lite ($475), Salomon X Mountain ($655), Volant PowerKarve ($555) and Rossignol...