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...relentless Trippe had the big idea: he reasoned that mass air travel could come to the international routes only with a larger airplane--a much larger airplane. Trippe put the notion to his old friend Bill Allen, the boss of Boeing, saying he wanted a jet 2 1/2 times the size of the 707. It was a staggering request given the development cost of the 707. And Trippe didn't stop with size. Pam Am was operating the 707 with a seat-mile cost, at best, of 6.6[cents]. Trippe set for Boeing the goal of reducing that...
...build it," said Trippe, "I'll buy it." "If you buy it," said Allen, "I'll build...
Chuckie Finster: a messy-haired, bespectacled two-year-old who is pessimistic, fearful and yet strangely endearing--a baby Woody Allen...
...didn't even know it had been implemented,"said Owen S. Allen '00. "I guess that means Ihaven't noticed any difference...
...really like and stick to it." Jeanne and Darin Coleman of Woodstock, Ga., with four children ranging in age from 8 months to 10 1/2 years, have a family rule of one sport at a time. Once children make a decision to take part in an activity, says Jan Allen, associate professor of child and family studies at the University of Tennessee, "parents should help them understand that they have to stay with it for at least the school year." She believes that keeping commitments teaches a child how to make wise decisions in the future...