Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israeli fort on Tel Shams commands a broad valley that runs eastward toward Damascus. From the hills, when the morning haze lifts, strong glasses bring the capital into view. In the past, Israeli cannon around Tel Shams had shattered Damascus windowpanes. But now, turning their backs on Syria, the last Israeli troops were ready to head west out of the territory they had seized in October's costly counteroffensive...
Indeed, an ever-growing number of Texas businessmen will go to almost any length to avoid the delays and inconvenience of Dallas-Fort Worth. One Dallas businessman even flies from Love to Houston to take a connecting flight from there to Chicago or New York, and points out that this costs him $20 and 40 minutes, only slightly more than the cab ride to the big airport. Gordon Bing, a leading Houston executive, says in un-Texan fashion: "Bigger is just not better. I've been through there once and that was enough-all that delay and confusion between...
...security gate, creating delay and confusion. Baggage-handling problems have been particularly vexing, again because of overcomputerization. Passengers have complained that the system chews up their bags as voraciously as if they were hamburgers, though the operation has been improved. As a result of the snafus at Dallas-Fort Worth, the distance from downtown, and the exorbitant runway fees, Braniff and Texas International have moved part of their operations back to the old Love Field, only five miles from Dallas. Delta also is considering pulling some of its flights out of the giant airport. Southwest Airlines, which never moved from...
Airport executives, pointing out that Dallas-Fort Worth's remoteness spares area residents the maddening air and noise pollution of most metropolitan airports, are confident that their colossus will eventually function like a clockwork doll. Meanwhile, more and more Texas travelers are turning to Love...
...year hunt for her natural parents (The Search for Anna Fisher), in 1971 organized a group called ALMA (Adoptees' Liberty Movement Association) to help in searches for parents and to try to change existing statutes. Based in New York City, with branches in Los Angeles, Chicago and Fort Lauderdale, ALMA now has 1,800 members, mostly people looking for their original parents and natural mothers looking for the children they gave up for adoption...