Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Following the Blueprint. Much of the fuel for last week's advance came from the Government's report that the total U.S. output of goods and services increased $3.9 billion (adjusted for price inflation) during the second quarter. The nation's economy thus grew at a true annual rate of 21% over the last three months, a striking improvement over the troubled first quarter. Other economic indicators buttressed the new buoyant feeling. June housing starts crept up 0.3% from May's rate of 1.3 million units a year; new durable-goods orders in June stayed well...
...Inter will give up its modest $800,000 annual subsidy at year's end -but not its Gallic formula for a large income: outrageously high fares. Officially, the line excuses them on the ground that high fuel costs help run operating expenses 30% above those of similar, U.S. airlines. Privately, one Air Inter staffer frankly admits that "80% of our passengers are businessmen. They don't care what the fare is -it's the company that pays...
...diversified as it has become, TRW refuses to consider itself a conglomerate for the simple reason that its product lines are so compatible. With main facilities still divided between Cleveland (Thompson) and Los Angeles (Ramo-Wooldridge), the company manufactures automobile parts (pistons, valves, fuel pumps) and aircraft components (turbine wheels, hydraulic pumps) in the East, turns out most of its aerospace and electronic gear in the West. The tidy mix brings TRW 56% of its sales from commercial and industrial customers, 44% from Government contracts...
...base at Sondre Strom, Greenland. There is insurance ($40 a month)-and most companies will not even issue a policy to a pilot unless he has at least 1,000 hours in-air experience and is fully qualified for instrument flight. One of the least costly items is fuel (less than $100 for a one-way flight...
...outward appearances, Rhodesia has remained unperturbed by six months of United Nations economic sanctions. The bustling capital of Salisbury is alive with fashion-conscious white shoppers. As before, parking is a problem. Car owners have had ample supplies of fuel furnished by the kindred regime of South Africa. And new factories, created since the crisis to take up the slack in imports, are producing more of everything from ballpoint pens to refrigerators. Now, however, a government announcement indicates that Rhodesia has, in fact, some very real troubles...