Word: brights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Industry's new energy stinginess is one of the few bright spots in the nation's struggle to adjust to a world of rising petroleum costs. Although oil imports were down 13% in the first half of 1978, that was only the temporary result of some special factors, including the start of the flow of Alaskan...
...children, who a friend of the family described as "very polite, well dressed and bright," left handwritten notes in their hotel suite expressing their faith in their father's powers and his intention-not further explained-to destroy California. Said Police Lieut. Roger Kinnersley: "The father was the absolute authority in the family. They believed that without his being present, the family would cease to function. So it's very likely that they thought they were merely following him where he had gone...
...cause of hygiene," boomed the p.a. at Gatwick, "we ask that waiting passengers not leave their cups and cutlery on the floor." Gatwick's beige linoleum quickly disappeared under a carpet of bright beach blankets and polyester sleeping bags. Bodies were everywhere-standing, sitting, lying on the floor. The wait for toilets was 20 minutes and for a cup of tea, half an hour. The gift shop sold out of men's disposable underwear; deodorant and razor blades were perilously short. Rows of pup tents sprang up at the airport's entrance and many passengers overflowed onto...
...monitors of the automated systems, and the new instrument panels are designed to help them keep constant watch on performance. They no longer will have to rely on a clutter of spinning indicators or round dials. Information will be displayed, simply and concisely, on digital readouts, vertical scales and bright, television-style screens. A much improved radar will display the weather ahead in living color (red for thunderstorms, yellow for light rain, green for smooth air). An indicator will give the distance and flying time to bad weather...
Those writers, now in their 30's, remain an elite and clubby group: bright children of the '60's who have put their angst to work for fun and profit. Explains Kenney, 31 and a Lampoon-made millionaire: "The Harvard Lampoon was my 'animal house.' I didn't want it to end, so I got Matty to make it a national magazine. Now, as I look back at the past decade, I see a group of about 30 people that I have worked with again and again. I expect to work with them...