Word: drayton
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...course toward Scotland and the North Atlantic Circle route, which would take it to New York in about 7 1/2 hours and then on to Detroit. Both takeoff and early flight were normal, and within 35 minutes the aircraft was routinely transferred from London air-traffic control at West Drayton to Scotland's air- traffic control at Prestwick, southwest of Glasgow. Inside the plane, passengers were busily settling in for the long flight -- chatting with friends, fiddling with pillows, reading magazines -- while the attendants began preparations to serve dinner...
...Yale offered me two times as much as Harvard. In terms of living, it was a much more realistic and sensible offer," Drayton said. "Harvard's offer wouldn't have allowed me to live in Cambridge...
...Drayton said money had made him decide to pursue his graduate studies at Yale...
...first wanted to be a biochemist," Drayton said. "If I had gone to a British university, I would be a very frustrated biochemist. At Harvard, I was free to move towards literature and the humanities...
...Drayton said he would perform historical research at Oxford as though he were pursuing a doctorate in Philosophy, but will probably end his Oxford studies midway through the program, and return to Yale to finish the Ph.D...