Word: clearings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clear cool day in 1926, a nine-year-old boy in short pants watched a Swallow biplane circle and land at his hometown airfield in Boise, Idaho. It was the first plane he had ever seen close up. It was also the start of the first permanent scheduled airline service in the U.S. More than half a century later, TIME'S Jerry Hannifin finally realized his childhood dream by flying a restored Swallow. He has logged 2,550 hours in the air as a pilot, flying planes that ranged from a J-3 Cub to the Air Force...
Carter's replies were clear and direct. One woman was worried about the emphasis being put on making it easier to fire people. His response: "It is an abuse for a good employee to protect one who's no good." Another woman was applauded after saying she was often made to feel ashamed of working for the Government. "As President," said Carter, "I have some of the same feeling you do. Some of my old classmates and friends think I have disgraced my class by becoming a full-time Government employee...
...truth of the matter may never emerge. Under questioning by committee members, Byers has stuck by the informant's account of the $50,000 bounty on King. It is not clear whether he also confirmed that the money was paid to Ray. The committee plans to administer a lie-detector test to Ray about the tale; he will be removed from jail to testify at the hearings. But Kauffmann and Sutherland have both died, and their widows insist that their husbands had nothing to do with the murder of the civil rights leader...
...pass. What went wrong? Dayan apparently promised more than the Begin government was willing or able to deliver. Even though he acted in good faith, the Foreign Minister may have misinterpreted Begin's intentions or miscalculated the new Premier's flexibility. Beyond that, it now seems clear that, when they finally met, Begin and Sadat neither liked nor understood each other. Right from the beginning the misunderstandings were apparent. Sadat, for example, said in Jerusalem that the last Israeli settlement in the Sinai should determine the Israeli border of the buffer zone. The Begin government interpreted this...
...eleven more wounded in a number of cities. In return, Palestinian enemies of Arafat attacked the P.L.O. office in Paris, killing Arafat's Principal Deputy on the Continent and his Assistant. At week's end there were no signs that the bloodletting was over-and no clear answer as to what effect it would have on the Middle East peacemaking process...