Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chiefs of competing aerospace firms are already eying Lockheed as a prospective carcass, deciding just which of its parts and programs would be attractive acquisitions for their own corporations. At least one competitor may have gone even further. According to Senator William Proxmire, McDonnell-Douglas has hinted that it might indemnify three airlines that have ordered Lockheed's TriStar against any down-payment losses-provided they switch their orders to the McDonnell-Douglas...
...with a stick," Moscow has hoped that the Egyptians would eventually find their own way into the socialist Eden. Egypt's only political party, the Arab Socialist Union, appeared an ideal ideological instrument for the journey; it was certainly no accident that Ali Sabry, Sadat's principal competitor for power, was until last month both the dominant voice within the A.S.U. and the Egyptian leader closest to Moscow...
...stretched" model of the familiar IL-62, the jet now used on Aeroflot's Moscow-New York run. In its new lengthened version, the IL-62 could be a hot competitor for the U.S. super...
...that has become tiresomely predictable in the hands of others, Dick Cavett at 34 has produced the best mixture of literate repartee, information, entertainment and urbane wit to be found on late-night television. Those who dig good-natured buffoonery and the chitchat of West Coast showfolk go for Competitor Merv Griffin. Viewers who want to see briskly organized quasi-journalistic interviews watch David Frost's excellent syndicated talk show, a two-time Emmy Award winner. Those who tune in Carson do so mainly to watch a consummate comedian scoring off guests who might as well be dummies, and often...
...soft revolution than meets the eye. Bausch & Lomb began marketing its Softens on a limited basis last week in Portland, Ore., but so far soft lenses are virtually unavailable elsewhere in the U.S., and company officers say they will not be sold nationwide until next year. One potential competitor, Griffin Laboratories of Buffalo, only last month received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin testing its product. Another manufacturer, Union Corp. of New York City, has not even applied for approval...