Word: stallings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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William Peacock had just finished a breakfast of Chinese beef and noodles when he felt the plane "shudder, like we were going into a mild stall." His first instinct was to return to his seat just ten feet away, but even that proved a chore. "The aircraft had started to turn a very hard left, and there was this incredible horizontal pressure pushing my entire body to the right." China Airlines Flight 006 from Taipei to Los Angeles, with 243 passengers and 25 crew members aboard, was going down. "Dishes crashed against the walls and floor," Peacock recounted. "The baggage...
When Jay Bubniak smacked an 18-ft, jumper with 7:22 remaining, Princeton was on too (35-34) for good and in control with a finely turned stall...
Unlike registrations past, there will be no general package containing information about different student organizations, said Shela Stall a Registrar's office clerk, because student groups showed little interest
...rushed to the rescue of the Continental Illinois bank. In addition, the economy was menaced by those terrible twin deficits in the federal budget and foreign trade. These two monsters dragged down the rate of growth in the second half of the year and threatened to stall the recovery...
Often, shower to stall to sink discussions took place. "It was either in the bathroom, on the bus [to the science building], or at meals," and they chose to discuss other topics during these scarce moments of relaxation, said DiAntonio...