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...Chatham County school board received complaints that their routines contained lewd gestures. Crystal Tyson, 15, captain of the Johnson squad, says the girls were inspired by music videos and a summer cheering clinic to choreograph their routines, including a certain dance move. "The school board called it a 'pelvic thrust,'" she says...
...take us there. Jeff Greason of Mojave, Calif., has done his part by creating the first low-cost, reusable rocket engines. Greason's EZ-Rocket prototype, which took flight this fall, is powered by twin engines that burn isopropyl alcohol and liquid oxygen to generate 400 lbs. of thrust. Greason's engines should be able to carry passengers 65 miles above the earth--too low to go into orbit but high enough to give space tourists a spectacular view of the planet. Greason estimates that planes powered by his engines could someday cost as little as $900 per flight...
...Concorde's tires, sending a 10-lb. piece of rubber into the underside of the wing and causing a fuel tank to rupture. Something yet undetermined ignited a fire that engulfed the No. 2 engine. There was also a problem with the No. 1 engine: it could not provide thrust. Given those problems, the pilots lost control of the plane after only one minute...
...France plane. This mistake very likely hindered the speed of the plane as it rolled down the runway and caused it to veer severely to its left, striking a runway light. Critics argue that debris from this light disrupted engine No. 1, causing it to lose thrust...
...play where words are so vital, the thrust of the show lies in the actors’ abilities to make their words heard and the effect of those words clear. In this area, the production has its notable flaw. Some of the actors whisk through or swallow their lines; others seem uncomfortable with the accents they have had to adopt. While it is not imperative to catch every bit of dialogue (after all, there’s a lot of it), a few too many viewers at the performance I attended had to turn to their friends for assistance...