Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Adlai Stevenson leaped into the fight (TIME, Sept. 8). At Detroit-surrounded Hamtramck, he said that Eisenhower's statement led to "speculation here and abroad that if he were elected, some reckless action might ensue in an attempt to liberate the peoples of Eastern Europe from Soviet tyranny." He added: "I tell you now that I will never fear to negotiate in good faith with the Soviet Union, for to close the door to the conference room is to open a door...
...When Eastern Air Lines' Captain Eddie Rickenbacker offered to pay $100 million for 35 Comet jet transports (TIME, Sept. 8), it seemed to be a golden opportunity for the British to grab a big chunk of the U.S. commercial plane market. But last week it looked as if the British had muffed...
Right now he is modernizing Eastern...
While he is gone, Edwin O. Reishauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages will head the China department of the International and Regional Studies program. Fairbank's wife and daughter will accompany him to Japan...
...long in getting the word of the Comet's fine performance. Recently, T.W.A.'s President Ralph Damon dropped in for a look at a De Havilland plant, and later went for a ride in the Comet; so did Pan American's President Juan Trippe. Then came Eastern Air Lines' economy-minded President Eddie Rickenbacker ("I count the pennies-then I count the mills"). Last week, after a 90-minute flight in a Comet, Rickenbacker became the first to announce that he was ready to place an order. Eastern, said Rickenbacker, would put up $100 million...