Word: winging
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...late. Northwest Flight 299, a 727 carrying 153 people, had just been cleared for takeoff, and was already roaring toward the DC-9. Unable to get above the lost aircraft, pilot Robert Ouellette felt his right wing rip into the DC-9's cabin and tear off one of its tail engines. Despite his shattered wing, Ouellette skillfully retained control and braked to a stop. Said an aide at the National Transportation Safety Board: "He damn well could have cartwheeled down the runway into another fireball. He saved his people...
Bush's retreat on taxes simply affirmed the right wing's long-held suspicion that he is not an ideological soul mate. Gingrich led House Republicans in opposing the Bush-backed budget agreement with Democrats, a deal that was negotiated by Darman and Sununu and that left the Republican right seething. Complains Howard Phillips, chairman of the Conservative Caucus: "The Republican Party no longer articulates conservatives' concerns...
Former Democratic national chairman Robert Strauss, who has served as an occasional adviser to both Bush and Ronald Reagan, thinks the right-wing disaffection could spell real trouble ahead. Says he: "When a President lets his own troops take him on, he pays a big price." Strauss believes that Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter paid the ultimate price -- losing the presidency -- because of internal party fissures...
Take The Review, Please--At Dartmouth, not everyone is so fond of James O. Freedman '57, the college president who is also a top contender for Harvard's presidency. Just ask the folks at The Dartmouth Review, the school's notorious right-wing magazine and troublemaker. Review members, who have clashed with Freedman many times in recent years, say they are particularly excited at the prospect of Freedman's departure. "Please take him," said Ben Shim, the Review's president...
Sure, holding is allegedly illegal. But when a speedy wing comes flying around a burly defender, what's the bruiser supposed to do? Refs understand. They cut the big guys some slack...