Word: charterers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Blass sometimes forgets he has a glove; last week he fielded two hot grounders barehanded and broke a bone. Outfielder Willie Stargell has trouble ordering in restaurants, because he speaks a language all his own: "Gospel bird" is fried chicken, and "jungle plum" is watermelon. All four Pirates are charter members of an "in" group that calls itself the Black Maxes, awards clichés-that's right, clichés-to deserving teammates. Blass, for example, is the team leader in "can't-do-it-every-days" with 21: he has started 22 games, finished only...
...from electronic equipment to exotic flowers were delayed for lack of air cargo space. Businessmen hitched rides on one another's corporate aircraft, demand for car rentals soared, and so did telephone bills, as executives settled for conference calls instead of face-to-face confrontations. Air taxis and charter services in some cases were doing triple their normal business...
...convinced that the future belongs to the great human communities," he once said. "Europe is one of these communities." To try to make it so, Spaak made his weight felt in every major international endeavor since World War II. He helped write the United Nations Charter in 1945 and was the first president of the U.N. General Assembly. He presided over the Council of Europe, headed the final negotiations that led to the European Common Market. And, for all his pacifism, he was secretary-general of NATO from...
...which the victorious World War II Allies punished Nazi leaders as war criminals. The Ho regime, itself the aggressor in South Viet Nam, maintains nonetheless that the U.S. is carrying on an aggressive war and that its pilots have committed the crime, as defined by the Nürnberg Charter, of causing "devastation not justified by military necessity." Hanoi's reasoning ignores the fact that U.S. bombing raids have been painstakingly confined to military targets...
...alternative is to seek a steady source of funds outside of Harlem by continuing to follow a moderate line which will not alienate moderate or conservative businessmen. If the directors believe that many more charter depositors can be attracted by this strategy, then this may be one feasible way out of the shortage of funds...