Word: frilled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just as amazing is the speed with which this situation came to be. Air conditioning began to spread in industries as a production aid during World War II. Yet only a generation ago a chilled sanctuary during summer's stewing heat was a happy frill that ordinary people sampled only in movie houses. Today most Americans tend to take air conditioning for granted in homes, offices, factories, stores, theaters, shops, studios, schools, hotels and restaurants. They travel in chilled buses, trains, planes and private cars. Sporting events once associated with open sky and fresh air are increasingly boxed...
This is a world away from the battle fields of World War II, when a generation of G.I.s depended on the frill-free G.P.s (for general purpose, and hence Jeep) that could growl through rivers of mud and over impossible obstacles. General George C. Marshall called the Jeep "America's greatest contribution to modern warfare," and the infantry man developed a love affair with his Jeep that was sketched by Cartoonist Bill Mauldin in his Willie and Joe series...
...Amenities: meager. Standard lounges. Main eating facilities: stand-up snack bars in corridors, open 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Only restaurant: Terrace Room, overlooking runways. Six bars open until 10:30 p.m. Shopping facilities: minimal. One barbershop, one beauty shop. First-aid station. Overall: best no-frill people mover...
...trailer combine on a dusty back road in India, ? guessed that it must be a fancy transport for carrier pigeons. Equally baffled reactions greet Rotels wherever they turn up, from Tehran to Tierra del Fuego. Rotels? It is short for "rolling hotels," which may be the ultimate in no frill, if-it's-Tuesday-it-must-be-Kenya world travel...
Earlier this month, World Airways, a charter carrier, proposed an $89 (plus tax) frill-less fare on regularly scheduled flights between New York or Washington and Los Angeles or San Francisco. The rest of the industry, meanwhile, is proposing and promoting a baffling array of other special fares, including discounts ranging from 20% to 45% for youths, senior citizens and travelers who book well in advance of their departures or fly at night...