| The Irishman was parachuted in from Australia, untested at running an opera house but well intentioned. |
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| The group parachuted in and set up airborne operations. It was a great feat. |
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| During the Shaba rebellion in the 1970s the US organised a military airlift and France parachuted in legionnaires to crush Mobutu's enemies. |
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| Timmins was parachuted into Las Vegas to oversee the opening, and it quickly became obvious that the debts would need refinancing. |
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| During World War II he parachuted into German occupied territory in a German uniform, and escaped death narrowly. |
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| Twice he parachuted into France to deliver gold to the resistance and made his way back unscathed. |
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| As the Soviet Army advanced overland from the north, some units were parachuted into key cities, or landed amphibiously in Korea. |
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| Paratroopers who parachuted in will be lifted by crane back to their helicopters. |
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| So, on the night of 3 November, 1940, magnetic and acoustic mines parachuted down from the Heinkels into the sea close to Milford Haven. |
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| They parachuted in councillors no one had ever seen before, none of whom had ever even sat on a fire authority. |
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| It was also a good election for cronyism with a number of former special advisers being parachuted in. |
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| He was parachuted into Jacqmar, a women's fashion subsidiary, and his interest in retail was born. |
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| While we all want to do all we can, having police teams at the college feels like we've been parachuted into a film without knowing the plot. |
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| Less than 10 minutes after lift-off the payload parachuted safely back to Earth, and the suborbital flight was over. |
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| It was just parachuted in at the last minute, and for no good reason that I can see. |
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| Sixty years after he parachuted into battle at Arnhem, Yorkshire veteran Tom Hicks descended once again from the skies to mark its anniversary. |
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| The American 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions parachuted into a deliberately flooded zone at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. |
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| British and Polish air troops together with the Polish brigade under the leadership of Sosabowski were parachuted in. |
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| Under the command of Major Warden, the small commando unit is parachuted in and begins an overland march to the site of the bridge. |
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| As the crewmen parachuted into the water their ejection seats transformed into emergency inflatable dinghies. |
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| Plus, some hedge funds have former CEOs and CFOs on their payrolls, ready to be parachuted in at a moment's notice. |
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| It helps to know what living in the village is like as it feels odd to be parachuted into this weird little world populated by 10,000 athletes. |
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| We've come a long way from the time when WWII airman and former President George H.W. Bush parachuted to safety from his damaged aircraft using a chute made of hemp. |
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| Ejecting from his doomed aircraft, McCain parachuted into a lake in the center of the city, suffering two broken arms and a broken knee. |
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| The 14,000 joined the 450 Canadian soldiers that had been parachuted inland to try to outflank the German defences. |
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| Once it's parachuted in with our army paratrooping team, they can set up a sheltered, heated facility very quickly. |
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| In fairness, he advised that he had never parachuted and his experience with parachuting was nil. |
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| This product is used as a substitute for vegetable oil where food aid is parachuted in, and there is a severe shortage of it in food rations. |
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| Thirty-two eventually parachuted into Europe and five infiltrated the target countries by other routes. |
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| A Buffalo aircraft arrived on scene and the SAR Techs parachuted to the lifeboat. |
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| Air support from CASARA was provided and SAR techs from 435 Squadron parachuted down to assist the victims. |
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| Who could this ruthless new satirist be, who had parachuted unannounced into the Scottish media, with so sharp a knife and so keen a sense of the absurd? |
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| They parachuted these silk-stocking lawyers into the area, offer quick settlements and get the victims to sign these waivers. |
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| Schrenker sent out an s.o.s. message and safely parachuted to the ground, where he had a motorcycle waiting. |
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| In 1936, 1,200 men in the Red Army parachuted during manoeuvres near Kiev. |
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| Then, last September, ironworker James Brady parachuted from the top of One World Trade Center, filming his dramatic descent. |
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| The assassinations and executions were to be carried out by agents already in place in the occupied countries or by agents parachuted in specifically for the task. |
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| After casting around for a new CEO, the board parachuted in Stuart Rose. |
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| I wasn't being parachuted in to a community, I was actually part of it, so I was able to look at it and do things with it in a way that nobody else could at that time. |
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| Experienced teachers from neighbouring schools were parachuted in. |
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| When Keith Skerman was parachuted in 18 months ago, hopes were high that he would drag the department from the bottom of the national league tables. |
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| As the two crewmen parachuted into the sea, the back part of their ejection seats fell away and the bottom part turned into an inflatable dinghy as they hit the water. |
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| While I was very small he was away for long periods, parachuted into southern Serbia to support the brave fight of the royalist Serbs against Nazism. |
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| Arguably the best-placed candidate is New Zealander Mockridge, the safe pair of hands that Murdoch parachuted in to lead News International out of the phone-hacking scandal, following the resignation of Rebekah Brooks. |
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| The fact that two of the planet's biggest artists were parachuted in to relaunch Jessie's career with this brassy shout-off provides a tantalising glimpse into record label confidence in Jessie J's solo appeal. |
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| Pilot James Slocum, 55, took the plane filled with dummy passengers to 2,500ft over the Sonoran Desert in Mexico and parachuted out. |
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| Flight Sergeant Gordon Carter and Flight Sergeant Howard Hoddinott were also on board the burning aircraft, but parachuted out and were taken prisoner. |
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| By the time the British and Irish prime ministers were parachuted into the negotiations, it seemed the party was on the verge of walking out and plunging the power-sharing settlement into the abyss. |
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| In early 2011, lobbyist James Bethell of Westbourne Communications was parachuted in to rescue the £43bn project, which had initially been sold by ministers on the marginal benefits to a few commuters. |
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| Mr. Speaker, in my opinion it was the beginning of the end for the effectiveness of parliamentary committees when parliamentary secretaries were parachuted onto them. |
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| Jenkins, 24, is one of the well-drilled organisers parachuted in to marginal seats across the country by Labour's general secretary, Iain McNicol. |
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| It is hard not to detect here the influence of Tory elder statesman, Lord Heseltine, parachuted into the Cabinet Office by Cameron and longstanding champion of mayors. |
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| Remember Ouellet was parachuted into the Diocese by John Paul II, who rejected all the other candidates suggested by Monsignor Couture, against all normal procedures. |
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| When the Rangers parachuted onto the airstrip later that morning, the enemy was waiting for them with their AK-47s and ZSU-23 machine guns. |
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| The action began 24 hours later as Canadian Forces search and rescue technicians and U. S. Air Force pararescuemen parachuted into a group of 50 mock casualties. |
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| Biarritz, which had parachuted in from the Heineken Cup, defeated Toulon to claim their first Challenge Cup. |
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| He says that its executives parachuted in from New York wanted to homogenise the reporting, to make its coverage less driven by the whims of correspondents in the field. |
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| In addition, Leinster won the European Challenge Cup in 2013 after having parachuted in from that season's Heineken Cup. |
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| The cant and hypocrisy from a Johnny-come-lately who was parachuted into his seat to replace an ineffectual MP is amazing. |
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| He is a person who has parachuted, has been in charge of the parachute range in Edmonton and he knows somewhat of the abilities of the Complainant. |
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| As the federal government going in and doing research, I don't think we ever would have had the same sort of results or impact that the research has had if we just parachuted in and parachuted out. |
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| The cash was put in a cannister and parachuted on to the tanker. |
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| Police officers said the glider pilot had parachuted to safety. |
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| A Burbank man and his flight instructor were rescued from the ocean near Los Angeles Harbor on Sunday after they parachuted from a stalled aerobatic airplane. |
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| Holmes bailed out of his fighter and parachuted onto an apartment house. |
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| In early 1943 Stromsheim, an explosives expert and an excellent skier, parachuted into his native Norway to sabotage the German heavy water plant in the Telemark. |
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