Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Braniff airlines resumed flying after being grounded in bankruptcy proceedings for more than l½ years. But the Dallas-based carrier, which converted to a discount airline last September, has not regained its cruising speed. Last week, in an apparent act of desperation, Braniff said it would cut its fleet of 30 jetliners to ten and indicated that it may lay off as many as 1,200 of its 2,100 workers. The carrier will halt service on Nov. 5 to ten cities now on its route map, including Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia. Braniff also announced that its president, William...
Currently there are 16,000 Audio Environments clients, including dentists, the U.S. Navy's submarine fleet, clothing stores, Howard Johnson's restaurants and 26 airlines. For a monthly fee of $45, an establishment can choose music that varies to fit desired moods: peppy during a frantic rush-hour lunch, distracting during a dental procedure or tranquil when customers should linger, as in a boutique. The fare ranges from Bach to rock. Says Malone: "If the right music is playing, it supports fantasy, with the person buying the outfit or wanting to come back to the store." Or maybe...
...devices in 700 New York City cabs since September and plans to raise the number to 4,000 next year. He charges individual advertisers up to $10.29 a month for each cab that carries one of the 2-ft.-long $300 signs, and gives part of the fee to fleet owners. Chipman is also eyeing Canada and the rest...
Catliff, about 35 yards out with his back to the goal, sent an overhead volley into the left side of the goal area to which the fleet-footed Hotchkin beat the Cornell defense. Hotchkin then crossed across the goalmouth to midfielder Nikhil Singh, who faked the pants off another defender and knocked the icebreaker into...
...pack of 60 to 70 perspiring foreigners could be seen jogging through the crowded streets of central Moscow, rubbing elbows and sometimes knees with startled rush-hour pedestrians. The runners, most of them Western diplomats, called themselves the Hash House Harriers, after a group founded by three fleet-footed Britons in Kuala Lumpur some 50 years ago. Following a run of 2½ to five miles, participants of the Moscow ritual would engage in beer and banter at a Western embassy...