Word: winched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vessel and, expecting to die, changed into his best suit. Then he huddled on the stern, trapped between towering flames and the cold sea. At last, four hours later, a rescue-helicopter pilot spotted Vea through the smoke and flew within ten yards of the burning deck to winch him to safety. Vea described his ordeal as "uncomfortably hot." Thirty-two other crew members were safely taken from lifeboats by a trawler; three men are presumed dead...
...with 869,000 workers in manufacturing, about a third in aerospace and other clean, high-tech industries. But parts of the city could pass for Buffalo. On the waterfront in Long Beach sit stacks of blue and orange cargo containers. In Lynwood, railroad tracks run past auto salvagers, truck-winch manufacturers, scrap-metal piles...
...going to suffer when the first steel girder slips from its winch and plummets toward the field? The players are wearing helmets and pads. The fans are so tanked up on rum and cider they wouldn't notice an earthquake. The band is probably under the stands lighting firecrackers. It's the cheerleaders who will be the ones to get squashed. Talk about ruining the atmosphere for post-game tail-gaters...
...with ship scientist to plan graphs for research project on the reliability of navigational aids. Prepared graphs. Lunch. 1 p.m.-7 p.m.: directed winch operator in lowering net for ocean...