Word: delta
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...past three years Bette has been living with Peter Riegert, 32, the actor who played Boon, the social chairman of Delta Tau Chi, in Animal House, and the hero's best friend in Head over Heels. Though they live in Los Angeles, they have rented a loft in Manhattan for their trips East. Calm and low-key, Riegert seems to be the grounding for Bette's electric charge, her steadying influence. On stage, says Midler, she is "a character without fear, who has no problem being vulgar or outrageous. But in my private life...
...both are snub-nosed, wide-bodied, twin-engined, fuel-efficient craft. But the Boeing seats seven passengers abreast and the Airbus eight. The TWA order for 767s will probably grow to 40 or 45 by 1987. Total cost: $2 billion. Coming on top of orders from United, American and Delta, the TWA deal further assures Boeing's world supremacy in commercial plane manufacturing...
Carter's father, Hodding Jr., was a distinguished Southern newspaper editor who, despite frequent threats, crusaded courageously against the Huey Long machine in Louisiana and for the civil rights of blacks in Mississippi. After majoring in international affairs at Princeton, young Hodding took over the family's Delta Democrat-Times in Greenville, Miss. He helped organize a biracial Democratic Party in Mississippi and led its successful fight to unseat the all-white regular delegation at the 1968 National Convention. He joined Jimmy Carter's campaign early in 1976 and now jokes: "I was chosen for this...
...Gamma Delta) men are making their way to #169 and savoring the legend of the bridge. "I think we should get Khomeini and measure the bridge in Ayatollahs," he laughed...
...Delta 57% Braniff 69% Air Canada 58% Aer Lingus 66% TWA 56% Laker 65% British Cal. 54% N.W. Orient 62% National 52% Pan American 59% Air India 37% Iran Air 58% Brit. Airways...