Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Seagull Hash. Most of the troubles have been minor-but bothersome. A major cause of delayed flights for both American Airlines and Pan American Airways is the autopilot system, which temperamentally gets out of kilter with the least flaw in a soldered wire, a spring or a clip. The airlines have had to delay flights because of trouble with the water-injection system used to boost takeoffs, bugs in the air-conditioning and pressurization system, even burnt-out lights over the passenger seats. On one occasion an American jet sat on the ground for several hours waiting for a replacement...
...airlines' major fears has turned out to be groundless. The military had warned the lines that one of the biggest dangers would be sucking objects into the jet intake, especially on takeoff. So far neither Pan American. Trans World Airlines nor National Airlines has had a single case of engine damage either from nuts and bolts picked up on the runway or from birds in the air. American has had only one case-and it ended happily. Taking off from New York's Idlewild Airport, an American 707 on a training flight plowed through a flock of seagulls...
Jets are often detoured around heavy-traffic areas before getting on course; many pilots have to make six changes of heading before getting their route-and then the altitude or route is often changed from the one originally cleared. American Airlines found that 30% of its flights in the first two months of operation were delayed more than ten minutes and 20% more than 20 minutes by such requirements. But the jets have had less trouble than anyone expected at the tricky job of integrating with prop-plane patterns. And even the routing problem may soon be solved: the Federal...
...issue is vital in view of the global challenge facing U.S. industry. Says he: "We are only in the first skirmishes of a battle of production that is destined to rage for many decades. Whether or not America emerges triumphant depends in large measure on the virility of American industry. And industry's strength depends directly on our ability to win the understanding of Government, of labor leaders, of investors in a national effort to encourage the investment of capital necessary to develop and acquire the finest tools of production on earth...
Nevertheless, the book achieved bestseller status only eleven days after publication, and has received deferential critical attention as a serious sociological study. Actually, most of it is a rehash of what other academic private eyes have reported on the behavior of Americans, the modern world's most relentlessly observed and observing people. None of it is new; some of it is highly intriguing; and all of it is dedicated to the dubious proposition that such "status symbols" as gold-plated bathroom fixtures and air-conditioned doghouses threaten the American dream...