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Word: eleven-point (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...which it operates. Cowed by this abuse, Director of Air Commerce Eugene Vidal stalwartly defended his organization at the meeting but admitted it needed funds. The airline operators, equally cowed, shunted blame onto radio failure because of such weather conditions as rain static. The conferees got together on an eleven-point program of improvements for radio and the Bureau,* scuttled home. Scarcely had they settled down last week when there came another major crash about which two things were immediately apparent-that neither radio nor the Bureau of Air Commerce was to blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Crash of the Week | 2/22/1937 | See Source »

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