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Word: airlinese (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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The result is that foreign exchange earnings are negligible, and processed food must be imported, largely with Libyan grants from Muammar Gaddafi. When Amin took over, Uganda was a net exporter of sugar. Now it must import, because the Asians who ran the sugar mills were expelled in 1972 and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Amin:The Wild Man of Africa | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

Amin says he welcomes tourists, but his bizarre behavior and repeated bloodbaths hardly encourage them to come. A recent Uganda Airlines Boeing 707 flight from Nairobi to Entebbe carried exactly seven tourists. They found on arrival in Kampala that the 14-story International Hotel, one of the best in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Amin:The Wild Man of Africa | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

It was a quiet Friday afternoon at Entebbe airport, near Kampala. A couple of dozen Americans who work for Uganda Airlines either were enjoying an afternoon nap on a hot and humid day, or were out on the golf course. Two of them-Bob Coder, from Florida, and his wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Over Lake & Turf With Big Daddy | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

The world glitters these days with opportunities to forget the rigors of the winter in a bout of self-indulgence. The theater, opera and ballet seasons are in full swing. Stores are about to burst forth with displays of brightly colored dresses and lightweight suits foretelling the not-quite-imminent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: MERCHANTS OF DEBT | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

NBC's settlement is just the latest in a string of whopping payoffs in sex-and minority-discrimination suits. AT& T agreed to payments totaling $75 million, mostly to women. Similar proceedings have cost Merrill Lynch $ 1.9 million and Bank of America more than $3 million. Northwest Airlines is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Taking the Tube | 2/28/1977 | See Source »

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