Word: aloft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like mammoth prehistoric birds, Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines face a threat of extinction because of changing conditions, notably a fourfold rise in fuel prices and a deep slump in international air travel. Having failed in an attempt to wangle Government subsidies to keep them aloft, the two carriers last week unveiled the first move in their strategy for survival: a far-reaching, five-year swap of overseas routes that would drastically reduce head-on competition between the American giants and, they hope, allow them to fly planes somewhat more fully loaded (though each would still...
Keeping Pan Am Aloft...
...gives me a bad case of jet lag to think that the Government may have to provide a "temporary" subsidy to keep Pan Am aloft. The list of private companies kept alive with public funds must not be allowed to grow...
...crowds surged against the chain-link fence that sealed off the press and VIP stands. Outside the fence a biker raised a homemade sign: SHOW YOUR TITS. Several girls obediently shed their shirts and climbed aboard their boy friends' shoulders. A group of bikers hoisted a naked woman aloft and tossed her over a fence into the press compound. One girl stripped and, encouraged by the crowd, performed fellatio on her boy friend while he shouted: "For you, Evel! For you, man!" Others chanted a constant refrain: "The tribes have gathered!" When the crowd shouted obscenities at a public...
...from 5,000 to 10,000 microwave circuits. At present, the aerostat must be hauled down once a week to refuel the Wankel-powered electric generator; in the future, electric power may be sent up directly from the ground through the tether cable, allowing the balloon to be left aloft almost indefinitely...