Word: airlinese
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...