Word: crashing
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Christopher Petro, who works at an Internet startup in Manhattan and had been participating in the chat under the username of "wankel," decided to put this possibility to the test. As soon as the server had restarted after a crash, he tried switching his username to "President_Clinton." Since Clinton (or, rather, the person typing for the President) hadn't logged on yet, it worked, and for a few fleeting instants Petro had the bully pulpit all to himself...
...growth possibilities of 2% to 3% in the region. U.S. trade and foreign investment have made Mexico a comparative bright spot, and Brazil has begun to recover from a slump. But the improving prospects depend on continuing prosperity outside the region. "It is wrong that a stock-market crash in the U.S. could benefit emerging markets," said Naim. "When there is a correction, money flows out of the American stock market into bonds--not to emerging markets...
Foreigners have been dying on Ko Pha-Ngan at the rate of about 10 a year. They overdose. They drown. They crash motorcycles. Captain Phronakson throws a few Polaroids of corpses onto his desk: an Englishman fished out of a well; a German who was attacked by a shark, huge gouges taken from his arms and legs. Phronakson arrests about 10 foreigners a month, usually for drug possession. The word among foreigners is that for a 70,000 baht fine, about $1,800, the Thais will deport you rather than imprison you. As for the Canadian currently being held...
...first glance, Pitch Black might seem like your standard sci-fi fare: after a crash landing on an environmentally hostile planet, the survivors encounter a scary alien enemy and then start to die off. For some added fun, this particular planet has no sunsets-it has three suns. At first he survivors' biggest problems are finding water and keeping an eye on a convicted murderer named Riddick who escaped from the ship during the crash...
...after this disturbing discovery is made that things get really intense. This is not just because it's getting dark (although things obviously do get a little scarier). The real tension is found among the group that survived the initial crash landing. A deal is made to make the convict Riddick a full partner in the group. You can imagine the issues of trust and mistrust that are going to come up here...