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...blow through New Haven, Washington, and Boston collecting whatever money and publicity they can find on the trail, and finally unravel their filthy mess on Broadway. The major part of Boston theater, especially with the disappearance of the Charles, is devoted to this publicity game. These Boston "hits" drain theaters, backing, and audiences in their consuming lust for popularity on their way to New York. Least of all can these productions be described as companies on tour offering something new and exciting to the public...
...solo crusade for a cleaner blue yonder, Guthrie routinely ordered mechanics to drain his holding tanks by hand before takeoffs. He says the process should take from three to five minutes. But Eastern told the mechanics not to obey him-"Each of our 3,700 pilots cannot make his own rules," said a company official-and flights were delayed by as much as 98 minutes until the captain got his way. The conflict of wills was resolved two weeks ago when the airline fired the veteran pilot...
Last week Guthrie's 3,700 fellow Eastern pilots intimated that they, too, will drain holding tanks on the ground unless Guthrie gets his wings back. Meanwhile, Eastern announced that it had asked manufacturers to try to design a quieter, almost pollution-free engine in which excess fuel would seep back into the regular fuel tanks...
...date, Britain's informally educated children have scored as well on most standard tests as those in traditional classrooms. Best of all, says Silberman, eager kids begin to show up for school early-and instead of running wild, they avoid many of the discipline problems that can drain up to 75% of a teacher's time. One of Silberman's most interesting discoveries is that techniques similar to the British approach have been spreading quietly in U.S. public schools. In the past three years, varieties of it have worked well in at least 28 school districts...
...found and ascended its home stream, crossed under U.S. Highway 101 by culvert, swum through a storm sewer and up to a flume, finally wriggled through a right-angled 4-in. drainpipe, knocking off its wire cap, and leaped across a wire net that surrounded the drain...