Word: blindness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the 727 sighted a plane other than the one it struck, although a second Cessna some twelve miles away at the time should not have confused the PSA pilots. There were other hazards. Both crews were facing a glaring sun. Worse, each craft appeared to have entered a blind spot in the other's field of vision. The 727 crew, with the plane's nose up, had limited vision down toward the Cessna; in the Cessna, the high wing above the cockpit obstructed the view upward and to the rear...
...consumer is a double victim of the energy problem. First, we are victims of the oil companies with their rigged prices, artificial shortages, bookkeeping juggles, and growing control of all sources of energy. Second, we are victims of the U.S. government, with its blind reliance on the price mechanism (import taxes, natural gas deregulation) to force conservation. Vast amounts of energy consumption are simply built into the system, with interstates, suburbs, glass buildings, etc. The only way to force conservation without penalizing the poor or adding to the corporate coffers is to ration energy...
...last two years the University has installed curb and building ramps, made elevator modifications and sidewalk repairs, and supplied such services as readers for the blind...
...want ads. Why? Never mind. Suffice it to say that there are a lot of F.D.R. and Anna May Wong jokes. Among the unruly supporting players, Dabney Coleman is refreshingly laid back as the heroine's hired fella, but the gifted Jack Gilford is squandered as a crochety blind grandpa. Someone should put Apple Pie back in the oven. - Frank Rich
...often turned a blind eye to corruption, particularly among the Kikuyu new elite. His own holdings, and those of his fourth wife, Mama Ngina, 48, multiplied enormously. Together they controlled Nairobi's lucrative gambling casino, plus coffee and sisal plantations, manufacturing concerns, downtown office buildings and coastal resorts. His government's reputation was further damaged by the political murders of Planning Minister Tom Mboya, once regarded as a possible successor to Kenyatta, and Kikuyu dissident Politician Josiah M. Kariuki. Both men died under circumstances that have never been fully explained...