Word: fared
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...thinks in Indian and writes in English." Thumbing a ride weekly from the Indian mission six miles north to the Banner-Journal office, he calmly usurps Editor Harriet Thomas Noble's desk to pencil his weekly stint on scratch paper, after which he generally cozens a taxi fare home from her. His choice of subjects is limitless, ranging from the weather ("The weather is change wind every half day and person getting catch cold easy") to the latest blessed event in the Indian colony. Occasionally his desire for a scoop leads him into trouble, but he is graceful...
...those who had hoped that all the problems of global flying could be settled now and through some form of international body, the conference was a failure. But it accomplished some things (many an airman, for instance, well aware of the difference between the postwar fares which Britain and the U.S. expect to charge, cheered when rigid fare-fixing and quotas went by the board). But the U.S. is in favor of minimum fares (to prevent over-subsidization), which the airlines themselves are conferring about but which will not be a part of the pact. The net effect...
...T.W.A. knocked down its first offer of $263.80 to $193.50. Pennsylvania-Central bid $176. Pan American, an old hand at crunching competition, stunned its rivals by pricing its postwar ticket to London at $148 (Pan Am now charges $525 to Foynes by the northern route. Prewar fare...
...This fare, said Mr. Frye with a meaning look at rival Pan American Airways...
Next day, Pan Am said it expects to drop its New York-London fare to around $148, with a 10% reduction for round trips. This will not come until Pan Am gets its new 128-passenger planes. T.W.A., with a windfall of five Boeing Stratoliners returned by the Army, says it can begin flying seven trips weekly at once...