Word: farely
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...quite an aerial replay of the Battle of Yorktown, but the U.S. did win a significant victory over Britain last week. Since mid-February, the two countries had been deadlocked in a tense and sometimes bitter confrontation over transatlantic air fares: Washington wanted them cut. London said no. But faced with the threat that the U.S. would start restricting British flights to the rich American market, the U.K. gave in. It will now allow U.S. airlines, and presumably its own. to fly passengers between London and 14 American cities-including Atlanta, Chicago. Dallas and Seattle-at budget and stand...
Curious New York readers who do not happen to have a million dollars can look at a Gutenberg for the price of a subway fare. The Pierpont Morgan Library has two complete copies, with one always on view. The New York Public Library also has one. In fact, of the 14 Gutenbergs in the U.S., nearly all can be seen in libraries. Each volume is about 16 in. high, 24 in. across when opened, and contains either 648 or 634 pages. Americans, who by and large have given up the study of Latin, may be put off by the fact...
...meet, which is only in its second year, starts tonight and runs through Saturday. Coach Stephanie Walsh said yesterday the newness of the meet makes it difficult to predict how the Crimson will fare. "Going by last year's times, some of our best times would win," she said. But Walsh added she expects a faster meet, because more teams will compete this year...
...International Development for educational films and other projects. Passman, Flood and Head deny any improprieties. Yet Elko's story is filled with specifics. TIME has learned that he claims Head asked him to invite Passman to dinner and the director gave him an envelope containing Passman's "taxi fare"?$10,000 in cash. Investigators do not yet have corroboration of the payments, but there is evidence that Flood and Passman pressured AID on behalf of Airlie. Former AID Official Jarold A. Kieffer wrote to his supervisor and to President Gerald Ford protesting Passman's pressure; an earlier letter from...
Although Harvard has no organized handball program, the Athletic Department paid for Acosta's plane fare. Acosta said that he expects to represent Harvard again next year, adding "It really helped me to lose. It gives me a little more drive. Next year I should...