Word: capes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lead the way to a solution. The U.S. now tends to view both these arguments as unrealistic. The discussions were lengthy and polite and followed expected patterns. Not so predictable was the attention attracted by Mme. Pompidou's variable hemlines (see MODERN LIVING). As Pompidou left for Cape Kennedy, San Francisco, Chicago and New York City, top diplomats of both nations emphasized that the U.S. and France remained as far apart as ever on the Mideast...
...Cape Kennedy has suffered the most from the slowdown in the space program. Employment has dropped from 24,000 a year ago to 17,500 today, and "pink-slip psychology" lends a frantic tone to Friday night parties at the local Hilton. Houses that sold for $25,000 a year ago now bring $1,500 less. Space contractors organized an employment service and invited more than 100 organizations-life insurance companies, boat builders, even the CIA-to interview laid-off employees. They found 600 jobs for 2,000 men. One $15,000-a-year engineer wound up packing groceries...
Canoeists who attempted to paddle to Monomy Island off Cape Cod for a 45-second glance at totality were foiled by a heavy current. But thousands of eclipse watchers flocked to Nantucket where totality lasted more than two minutes...
...least two Harvard and M. I. T. groups plan to canoe to isolated Mon-??moy Island off Cape Cod and then like nine miles down the beach for ?? 45-second wink of totality...
Pompidou's visit, which will also take him to Cape Kennedy, San Francisco, Chicago and New York, is intended primarily as a gesture of good will. The French President is fully aware that Americans have developed very mixed feelings about his nation in recent years, largely because of the haughty and often hostile behavior of Charles de Gaulle. Pompidou is anxious to reassure the U.S. that France is an ally and friend first and last-if not always in between. The cosmetic aspect of the trip is planned down to the scheduling of a sightseeing tour of San Francisco...