Word: dogfighter
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After more than a quarter-century of flying in tight formation, the 108 scheduled airlines that make up the International Air Transport Association are girding for their toughest dogfight. Solidarity started crumbling late last month when a dozen carriers began advertising $199 to $220 round-trip youth fares between the U.S. and Europe, lopping as much as $253 off regular peak-season "economy" prices. Now there are reports that the "big four"-Pan Am, TWA, Air Canada and Britain's BOAC-will quit IATA if the cartel does not approve even broader price reductions for people of all ages...
...standard first-line Soviet fighter, has been sent in to replace planes lost last year in the war of attrition over the Suez Canal. About 50 Egyptian-piloted MIG-21s were bagged by Israeli pilots. In addition, Israelis last July lured Soviet pilots into an ill-fated dogfight over Suez in which four Russians were shot down. The Russians have more than replaced the loss in planes by shipping an estimated 150 additional MIG-21s to Egypt...
Park feels that the Eastern League championship should be a dogfight among five teams-Dartmouth. Cornell, Navy, Princeton, and Harvard...
...argument has obvious flaws. With former fedayeen at its helm, Jordan might march against Israel before the advocates of peace have a chance to prevail. Further, there would almost certainly be a savage internal dogfight as the leaders of rival factions struggled for paramountcy?and the battle would be complicated by the presence of Jordan's Bedouins, who make up 35% of the population and despise the fedayeen. The greatest immediate flaw, of course, is that Jordan's young King?as long as his shaky throne lasts?will have no intention of handing his kingdom over to his adversaries...
...height of World War I, air aces dogfight across European skies. In a startling revelation, the Red Baron's nemesis is shown to be a Major Larrabee (Rock Hudson), not Charles Schulz's Snoopy. No need to worry. Hudson's canine grin and acting prowess render him a close second to the vincible puppy. All that is missing is Linus, Lucy, Schroeder & Co. Standing in for them is a series of second-banana-peel comedians. Among them: a down-at-the-heils German agent, a couple of farceurs from the French intelligence, and a pip-pip righty...