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soft landing [′sȯft ′land·iŋ] (aerospace engineering) The act of landing on the surface of a planet or moon without damage to any portion of the vehicle or payload, except possibly the landing gear. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Sometimes people say is this about a hard landing or soft landing and what I point out is in the four rate hike cycles under Volcker and Greenspan, the four major ones, that there were two soft landings and two hard landings. We're looking for other soft landings for our policyholders in Florida, but we haven't executed any to date. But as you know, soft landings don't occur very often. |
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