Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...team to determine precisely what had happened. They first wanted to know why that engine had broken away from the plane. The most obvious possibility was that it had ingested a flock of birds or airport debris and thus exploded. This had happened to another DC-10 and its General Electric engine (the CF6) on takeoff at New York's Kennedy Airport in 1975, when a number of seagulls had been caught in its internal blades. But the crew was able to abort the takeoff without injury. Another possibility was that the engine fan assembly had disintegrated in flight...
...leading opponents of capital punishment assembled in Florida last week to stage a last-minute campaign for the hapless Spenkelink. Henry Schwarzschild of the American Civil Liberties Union warned of a "constitutional, legal and political disaster that will shock and appall the rest of the world." Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, a late addition to Spenkelink's defense team, called the occasion "a tragic moment in American history" and gibed, "If you work at city hall you get voluntary manslaughter," a caustic reference to the lenient verdict against Dan White, the slayer of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone...
...Minnesota, Congressman Nolan is planning to host later this month what may amount to a national convention of pro-Kennedy groups. In New York, State Attorney General Robert Abrams listened to Kennedy recite his well-rehearsed "I expect the President to be nominated and I expect to support his re-election" and then started making some plans for his own Draft Ted organization...
...Nixons never did reimburse the Government for these nonsecurity improvements. Whether they should, now that the estate is being sold, is under study by Washington. Peter Hickman, a spokesman for the General Services Administration, said that "if anything there is Government property, it remains Government property." By that, Hickman meant that the Government would remove what it could, including security equipment that might be used to protect Nixon at his new residence...
Egyptian and Israeli officers worked amicably together in negotiating the fine points of the transfer of authority over El Arish. "It's easy for each side to get along with each other," said Egyptian Brigadier General Hassan Abdel Fatah. "Some of the Israelis are from Arab countries, and they speak fluent Arabic." On the streets of the city, soldiers of the once rival armies exchanged currency as souvenirs...