Word: airing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much of the week, government workers had been scrubbing anti-U.S. slogans (samples: CARTER GO HOME! and PANAMA SI! CARTER NO!) from walls. But by the time that Air Force One landed at Tocumen International Airport, Torrijos' troops had chased the antitreaty students into hiding, and the government had brought thousands of supporters into Panama City, including peasants from rural provinces and Indians from the San Blas Islands. Several hundred schoolchildren, wearing yellow and brown uniforms, roared, "Viva Jimmy! Viva Omar!"as Carter embraced Torrijos on a flower-strewn red carpet. Later Carter told the crowd...
...astronauts since 1974 but still circling 389 km (242 miles) above the earth every 90 minutes, is in deep trouble. Gradually moving lower, it may enter the atmosphere and disintegrate by November 1979 or even earlier. Large chunks of Skylab might well survive the fiery plunge through the air and -though the chances are remote -hit populated areas...
...some American viewers, that no longer seems such a wild exaggeration. They have been filling the air with complaints that auto and property insurers, though they usually pay off if pressed, often turn around and penalize claimants by canceling policies, refusing to renew them, or raising premiums so high that the policyholder in effect winds up paying for an accident himself...
...Charles Schultze, opposed OSHA'S demands. As a health-preserving but noninflationary alternative, they even came forth with a prototype of a battery-powered mask that appeared to be straight out of Star Wars. It costs only $200 and filters out 99.9% of the harmful particles in the air of a textile plant. OSHA turned it down, arguing that the masks were not really that effective and workers would not wear them...
Encouraged by the lowest transatlantic air fares in history, more Americans than ever are expected to visit Europe this year. But the tourist who is not on an all-inclusive package trip should tote along a Jeroboam of aspirin. Relief will be needed just about every time he has to pay for a hotel room, a meal, a cup of coffee or a bottle of mineral water to wash down the medicine. The dollar's weak buying power in most European countries, further sapped by inflation in many of the places on itineraries, makes even the disco life...