Word: fleeting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Blue Hens pushed around their only run during a steady drizzle in the third inning. Fleet-footed centerfielder Gary Gehman barely beat out an infield single, stole second and third, and came home when Crimson catcher Chuck Marshall's peg skipped past Rick Pearce into left field...
...line now operates a largely Boeing-made 27-plane fleet, and it is buying primarily to standardize equipment and get new fuel-efficient Pratt & Whitney engines. "The devil you know is better than the one you don't," says SIA Chairman Joseph Pillay, who is 44 but looks much younger...
...quarter of the $900 million will come from the sale of older and thirstier 707s, 737s and 747s, and SIA will wind up with a fleet of no more than 32 jets. A further quarter will be provided by internal cash flow generated by its policy of using speedy six-year plane depreciation (vs. about 15 years for most U.S. airlines). The rest, or about $450 million, will be financed externally. Says Pillay: "We shall approach the Export-Import Bank for about $360 million and get the rest from commercial U.S., European and Asian banks." If any part...
...Andy Chaikovsky likes to respond to excuse-makers with an old Ukrainian saying his father taught him: "If grandmother had wheels, she'd be trolley car." During Harvard's showdown match with powerhouse Princeton at the Palmer Dixon courts yesterday, there were enough "ifs" and excuses to form a fleet of trolley cars. But unfortunately for the Crimson, most of the close matches got away as the Tigers clinched the Eastern League tennis crown with a 7-2 victory...
...reluctantly forced to follow their lead. Last month the CAB voted to allow airlines to cut fares as much as 50% without even checking with the agency. This move could hurt some lines that may need to show dominant positions on important routes in order to get financing for fleet buildups in the future. Says Kahn: "Some carriers may drop by the wayside. But those managements that do learn to adjust are going to do very well...