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...wait. Not only Lockheed but the entire U.S. commercial aircraft industry is in such a deep slump that there is no market for surplus planes. Worldwide deliveries of U.S.-made jetliners tumbled from 332 planes in 1974 to 282 last year. Jumbo jets, the big-ticket items, led the dive. McDonnell Douglas (revenues through September 1975: $2.6 billion) sold 14 of its DC-10s in 1974, but got orders for only eleven in the first nine months of 1975. Boeing ($2.7 billion through September) watched its sales of 747s drop from 29 in 1974 to 20 last year. And Lockheed...
...reader on, not respond to some sexual fantasy"), is charged with offering the services of a prostitute to one of the city's vice-squad members. Flynt runs three Hustler Clubs in Ohio, tacky rip-offs of the Playboy Clubs, offering expensive drinks and leggy "hostesses." His Cincinnati dive has been in and out of trouble with the police and the state's liquor-control commission for several years...
After a scoreless first quarter, Dartmouth exploded for a 14-0 lead. Quarterback Mike Brait unleashed a 70-yard touchdown toss to split end Tom Fleming. A one-yard dive by Brait culminated in another quick six on Dartmouth's next possession...
...first quarter, the potent Bruin attack erupted for a 17-0 lead at intermission. Jose Violante, Brown's three-point machine, blasted a 47-yard field goal. Quarterback Bob Bateman and Farnham hooked up for an electrifying 55-yard touchdown toss. The fireworks were preceded by a one-yard dive for six by Kevin Slattery...
...Saturation bombing campaigns and continuous artillery bombardments of cities gave the world its first views of "total" war involving civilian populations. The war became a testing ground for the weapons and strategies of World War II. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy used the Spanish war to perfect the Stuka dive bomber and the tactics of incendiary bombing that in one day destroyed the town of Guernica, among many others. The Soviet Union backed the Popular Front government, as did Communists everywhere. But the vastly greater weight of German and Italian arms, coupled with the decision by the Russians and Germans...