Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this uproar over a plane operated by the U.S. embassy in South Africa being used for "spying" strikes me as a bit on the contrived side. Several American pilots-I was one -flew all around South Africa in 1968 in a group of small planes rented from the South Africans. No government official even hinted that we should not use the dozen or so cameras we carried...
...month. In the Pittsburgh area, some 60% of all stations now close on Sunday; in Madison, N.J., some stations are selling gas from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., closing until 4 p.m., then reopening till 7 p.m. To date, however, most drivers have simply grumbled and driven a bit farther to find an open station...
...heavily on whether Americans can somehow be persuaded to curtail their driving. Gasoline inventories in early May were not quite 7% below a year earlier, and production was running 3.6% behind 1978. That would be enough to produce a shortage, but one that would be quite manageable with a bit more car pooling, slightly shorter vacation drives, somewhat more use of public transportation...
...Bit by painful bit, the sense of impending crisis is building within the Carter Government. American society's vulnerability to energy shortages has been seriously underestimated...
Thirsty to hear French but a bit rusty, audiences tend to turn up at the theater sensibly bearing the original text or Rich ard Wilbur's fine translation. To help with the language barrier, the Comédie offers headsets and simultaneous translations into serviceable though clubfooted English prose. The effect is a bit like watching a movie under water. Anyone who possibly can should read the play in French beforehand, then sit back and let the long lines roll down the centuries and over...