Word: airing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...front and to the left, the atoll appeared, light green in the distance and rimmed by a pink ribbon of unbroken beach. The light green below resolved into hundreds of gangling palm trees. I smiled at my friend and leaned back for the landing. This, I thought, is air hitchhiking...
...years friends have told me how easy it is to air hitchhike. A cheap way to a suntan, they said, with a chance for adventure besides. In the weeks before spring break my friend and I dared each other and boasted to others until we had no choice: we would drive to her home in New Jersey on Sunday and air hitchhike south on Monday--anywhere south. Easy...
...weather isn't too cold, people sit out front. If it is hot, the open air is the only air conditioning they get. And at least the street lights still burn. Indoors, electricity is scarce, and few people can afford to keep lights burning after supper...
...winter-well, it is inconvenient to be cold, with most of what furnace fuel is allowed hoarded for the dawn; but sweaters are popular indoor wear and showers are not an everyday luxury. Lukewarm sponge baths will do, and if the air is not always very fragrant in the human vicinity, the automobile fumes are gone...
...real estate in Beverly Hills and Malibu. The rustic Mulholland aerie where Greta Garbo retreated when she wanted to be alone is now occupied by Rock Singer Johnny Rivers. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys holds title to the rambling Spanish colonial house Edgar Rice Burroughs built in Bel Air with profits from Tarzan. Rod Stewart resides with Britt Ekland not far away in a demi-chateau with a formal garden and a warehouse or so of rare French glass. The giants of celluloid are being ousted slowly by kids who make their millions in vinyl. The endangered superstars...