Word: phantom
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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...past eight years, Afghan rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has been a phantom presence on the edges of the Afghan insurgency. His Hezb-i-Islami militia - said to number between 2,000 and 3,000 fighters, and which operates independently of the Taliban - has carried out scores of ambushes on coalition forces in the northeastern mountains of Afghanistan and has claimed credit for two attempts on the life of President Hamid Karzai...
...recent report ... has the aviation alarmists in an uproar ... Unprofessional conduct by the controllers involved? Yes. Any effect on the safety of flight? No ... The boy was clearly saying what he was told to say ... There are enough real issues regarding aviation safety without having to manufacture phantom issues. The pilots on the receiving end clearly had no concerns. No one else should either." --3/3/10...
...standard, that is, but Avatar's. Records have fallen, and will continue to topple. Currently seventh on the all-time list of domestic moneymakers, Avatar should pass Star Wars: Phantom Menace ($431.1 million), E.T. ($435.1 million) and Shrek 2 ($441.1 million) in a few days, and by next weekend it will overtake the original Star Wars ($461 million) for third place. That leaves only The Dark Knight ($533.3 million) and the all-time champ, Cameron's own Titanic ($600.7 million). In worldwide gross, Avatar is just as impressive: it made another $300 million or so this past week...