After striking him, the lorry rolled a further 88ft (27 metres) before crashing into a wall.

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This was a rare case of a parcel bomb (as opposed to a baggage bomb) crashing an airliner.

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The Tax Reform Act of 1986 brought that to a crashing halt with the enactment of the passive activity loss rules (Section 469) which was a blow to real estate values.

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Burberry's finale sent its guys down the U-shaped path through the crowd in clear plastic raincoats with a surprise (to them as well, it seemed) rainstorm crashing down, engineered to such a fine tolerance that none of the front-row grandees--inches away--so much as wet a knee.

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In January 2000 the torrent of data pouring into America's National Security Agency (NSA) brought the system to a crashing halt.

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The fire detonated a gas canister and the balloon plunged about 300 meters (1, 000 feet) to the ground, crashing in a sugar cane field outside al-Dhabaa village just west of Luxor, a security official said.

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Eyewitnesses said the plane had climbed "almost vertically" to a height of about 200 metres (650 feet) before crashing.

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Now it comes to HD DVD with Warner's In Movie Experience (IME) feature promising a "trouble-making, car-crashing, barroom-brawling in-movie viewing experience".

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But, like the idea of having a government agency that actually looks out for people like me instead of guys (and gals) who made millions in bonuses while crashing the economy, that is probably a bit of a pipe dream.

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