Word: thrusting
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...Teddy Kennedy was at his old-time booming best, lashing together the generations of Camelot and insisting that the strength and breadth of his support for Gore had only two precedents, each named Kennedy. The arms rose up and the hands thrust out, rally-style, turning shoulder pads into great hulking wings, giving the reverential crowd their big Brahmin in all his glory, soaring in call-and-response - "Fight for Al Gore because... HE IS FIGHTING FOR YOU" - like a linebacker angel. The subject was health care, which surely Gore needs to own, but the word, again and again...
AFTERBURNERS To increase the thrust during takeoff, more fuel is fed into the afterburner...
...THRUST REVERSERS These deflect the exhaust and slow the plane during landings...
...more than 210 m.p.h. A red light--perhaps a cascade of them--should have lit up the Concorde's flight-control panel. The flames coming from the two left engines suggest that they still could have been providing some power, but clearly not enough. A significant loss of thrust on the left side not only pushes the plane left (because the right engines are the only ones pushing forward) but also causes the dead engine wing to drop. As the Concorde struggled to gain altitude, its dead wing began acting like a weight, slowly turning the plane left. The heroism...
...Replaced Thrust Reverser A spare part is installed in Engine No. 2 causing investigators initially to blame the crash on faulty repairs...