Word: airing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...name, the "Pacific Cove." Bedroom A is a neatly designed nest for the bird of passage, with toilet, retractable washbasin and hot water; a clothes closet; a seven-foot chaise longue that converts at night into a comfortable bed; air conditioning and heating; a large window so clean it could pose for a Windex commercial; and a button to summon a. sure enough, smiling porter. There is red carpeting on the floor and even on the corridor walls of the 32-year-old, 91-ton Budd-built first-class car. There are privacy and freedom and a sense of camaraderie...
...effort by Yankee traders to gather in some dollars. Each week Dairy land Wholesale, an ice cream producer in Helena, Mont., loads up a truck with 7,200 Popsicles, Fudgesicles and various kinds of ice cream, and has the whole thing flown to Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf. The air freight is $1 per Ib. (about 20? per Popsicle) and the goodies sell for about 30? apiece in Bahrain. "This is an experiment to see how it works out," says the manager of the plant. The Arabs' reaction so far, however, has been less than enthusiastic...
...which has a $1 billion investment in Zaïre and 100,000 of its citizens in residence there; and France, which thinks of itself as a mentor to French-speaking Africa. Carter immediately asked Paris and Brussels how the U.S. could help; at their suggestion, he quickly supplied 18 Air Force C-141 transports to assist in the emergency airlift. Considering the magnitude of French and Belgian assistance, it is doubtful that Carter would have wanted to take a more active role in the operation. But he has been increasingly concerned about the limitations Congress has placed on the President...
...fact, the French have long maintained an intensive web of cultural, economic and occasionally military relationships with their former colonies as well as several other African states. In recent months their troops have been reinforcing governments in Chad and Mauritania against guerrillas. Last year they provided air support to halt the first Shaba invasion. This time, with Belgian help, they quickly organized the airlift to rescue the 3,000 Europeans trapped in Kolwezi...
...Cubans accept his African adventures. Among other things, the African policy provides a vent for the pent-up energies of young Cubans faced with a stagnating economy and limited employment prospects at home. On a recent visit to Havana, TIME Washington Correspondent Jerry Hannifin was told by a Cuban air force reservist: "I will be glad to help in Africa, to help our brothers finish off neocolonialism and racism." Others are less enthusiastic but too prudent to disagree. Said one university student: "I have friends who know that some Cubans have been killed over there. But I would be afraid...