Word: standardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Naturally, citizens want to maintain a high standard of living...
...English-manufactured Slingsby T-3 and made it mandatory for all cadets to fly the craft if they want to earn their wings. It is a tiny plane, half the length and one-tenth the weight of the F-16, the Air Force's smallest fighter. But its standard, 160-hp engine was not powerful enough to do spins and loops in the thin Rocky Mountain air over the mile-high academy. So a 7.7-liter, 260-hp engine was crammed into the 25-ft.-long plastic fuselage. With its enhanced power, the two-seat...
...They uncovered the fact that T-3 engines had failed 53 times at the academy and at another base before the second crash. Rando's father Paul was stunned by this information when it was relayed to him at his Massachusetts home as part of the Air Force's standard family briefing. "How can you tell me there's not something wrong with this goddam plane when the engine's failed more than 50 times?" he remembers asking. "Something's sure wrong with something...
...Hollywood and in media offices in New York City. This month, voyeurs everywhere get their chance to ogle. A Seattle-based adult-entertainment company will release in video stores a 60-minute, digitally remastered version of the domestic affairs of the Lees. Discriminating viewers may choose among several formats: standard VHS ($35.95), CD-ROM ($18.95) or the new Digital Video Disc that includes a photo gallery and multiple screens...
Thousands of parents and school officials are calling county health offices to report that the standard arsenal of commercial lice-killing products seems to be having little effect. In Iowa, Virginia and Oklahoma, newspaper articles have discussed the merits of such home remedies as olive oil and vinegar. In Rhode Island, Idaho and Florida, parents are trading tips on smearing their kids' hair with vaseline, steam cleaning the carpets and storing teddy bears in the refrigerator. "It's creating a lot of havoc," says Wayne Kramer, the Nebraska state medical entomologist, who has received 125 calls since the beginning...