Word: airing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...speaking for the Administration. Was it National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who seemed willing to match the Soviets decibel for decibel? Or was it softer-spoken Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, ever the conciliator? Unmistakably, it was time for Carter himself to speak up and clear the air...
...gigantic rescue operation was already under way. Early last week, U.S. Air Force C-141 StarLifters began to arrive in Lubumbashi, the capital of Shaba. The planes brought in 100 tons of supplies ranging from ammunition to ambulances. They also carried 1,500 Moroccan troops, who are soon to be joined by another 500 soldiers from Senegal, Gabon and Togo. Replacing French Foreign Legionnaires, the African force will help the faltering government of President Mobutu Sese Seko maintain the peace...
Ezer Weizman, Israeli Defense Minister and former air force chief, when asked if he still does trick flying: "Since I've been in politics, I don't need to do acrobatics. I have enough close shaves every day without flying...
Unlike almost any other sport, kite flying involves no standardized equipment or rules; it appeals equally to the mystic and the scientist, the fresh-air buff and the do-it-yourselfer who devises and builds his own bird of balsam and plastic. The variety of kites aloft can make a city sky look like a sociocultural anthology of man's immemorial urge...
...oddly attached to a cynical acronym, MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over), applied to subjects they didn't want to hear more about. But anticipatory boredom can lead to being sated by a subject without having fully explored it. When the news trails off but the space or the air time to be filled is as large as ever, an editor's eyes cannot glaze; they have to open wider...