Word: balloon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...despite their disparate stances, the spectators came around in the end, smiling as the first balloon shuttle and its expensive tail were launched with protester Miller's jubilant cry, "That's dollar diplomacy...
...Sachs is far more than a collector of critical viewpoints. She sifts through stacks of mail and scans dozens of newspapers for offbeat events to write up in the section. A hot-air balloon pageant in New Mexico caught her eye, as did a ten-day sausage festival in Texas. Says Sachs: "People have tremendous enthusiasm for their events and are genuinely delighted to have them included...
...Gonzalez (D-Tex.), chairman of the committee, did say a gradual reduction in deposit insurance may be considered as part of solving the S&L crisis. But he also said such a proposal "is a very serious matter, not a matter to be thrown out as a trial balloon...
Bigger towns might consider it a boondoggle or an eyesore. But the depressed West Texas ranching town of Marfa (pop. 2,500) is delighted about the economic benefit of a 240-ft. radar surveillance balloon that the Customs Service has tethered nearby and plans to fly at an altitude of 14,000 ft. One of six in a planned network along the Mexican border, the helium-filled aerostat can spot suspected drug-smuggling planes up to 200 miles away, then flash data to authorities who will try to intercept the aircraft...
INTERNATIONAL BALLOON FESTIVAL. More hot air than any convention on earth. Hundreds of giant rainbow-hued balloons converge on Albuquerque (or just above it) for the largest annual ballooning extravaganza...