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...retirees who have come to the Sunbelt after years of hard work in cold towns of the North and Midwest. They stay in touch with one another through a network of contesters' groups and subscribe to bulletins like the monthly Contest News-Letter (circ. 50,000) to keep abreast of events in the something-for-next-to-nothing world of merchandising competitions. Mrs. Haley is past president of the Florida State Contesters Association and once belonged to a local group called the Gulfwins...
...building argued that it was required because of the threefold increase in the Senate staff since the last Senate offices were constructed 20 years ago. This increase, they said, was due largely to the Senate's efforts to build up its own staff in order to keep abreast of the actions of the Executive Branch...
...ceiling will be 1½ in. lower than today's 707's and 727's, and economy-class seats will be only 18 in. wide, or 2.4 in. less than today's already cramped accommodations. Even narrower will be the seats in an eight-abreast charter configuration-only 16 in. across. Knee room will be marginally improved because seat backs will be thinner and the lower part of the seat in front will curve inward...
...interiors of the Airbus A310 and Lockheed Dash 400 will be similar to the 767. In the Airbus, economy seating will be arranged in a two-four-two configuration; the Dash 400 will use nine-abreast seating with two aisles...
...Airbus, four of which are already flying for Eastern Air Lines. The 767 won, said Ferris, because of its superior performance for passengers and pilots alike. Passengers, accustomed to the sardine seating in the present jumbos, will find the 767 less claustrophobic. The coach section will have seven seats abreast, aligned in a two-three-two pattern, with two aisles. The 767's flying characteristics will incorporate a new wing, which provides for more lift with less surface than other designs, and highly sophisticated guidance and automatic landing systems for all-weather operations...