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1. For Taryn Manning it was as she put it the most "out-of-body experience I ever had". The "Hustle & Flow" actress was watching TV at her seat on a JetBlue airliner as it circled for three hours with a crippled nose wheel. She was among 140 passengers on the plane, which eventually touched down safely in Los Angeles International Airport. No one was injured.
2. Supermodel Kate Moss may have apologized for her alleged drug use. But the waif-like model's problems have multiplied since last week's Daily Mirror story that showed photos of her snorting cocaine. She has been dropped from advertising campaigns by H&M and Burberry, and Chanel has said it was not renewing her contract either. Meanwhile London's police are investigating the newspapers' claims of drug use.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. cripple
2 cripple cripples crippling crippled
If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again.
Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job.
He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life.
He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position.
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2. nose
2 nose noses
The nose of a vehicle such as a car or aeroplane is the front part of it.
Sue parked off the main street, with the van's nose pointing away from the street.
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3. waif
waif waifs
If you refer to a child or young woman as a waif, you mean that they are very thin and look as if they have nowhere to live.
She was an emaciated waif with eyes of pure fright.
The director wants a waif-like, teenage girl with long, dark hair for the role.
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