Word: hops
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...planes at La Guardia, and Teterboro, N.J., and I quickly learn that corporate jets are the most likely bets. They take the longest jumps and often "deadhead"-that is, fly empty to pick up passengers. Jeffre, a girl I meet, has been waiting six days so far for a hop to Europe. "I would never have believed I'd stay so long," she says, "but everyone here has been so nice." I'm luckier: on the fourth day, I get a lift west out of Butler (though other rides were offered to Boston, Ottawa, Wilmington and Pittsburgh...
...Cody airport isn't nearly so nice, and after a day of waiting in vain for another lift, I hop a commercial flight ($37 youth fare) to Denver. That night, with a bit of help from friendly mechanics, I snooze in the pilot's lounge...
...their part, the G.O.P. will probably end up in a city that never even considered bidding: San Diego. President Nixon seems taken with the idea of holding his renomination convention only a half-hour's hop from the Western White House helipad. The city has managed to scrape together adequate facilities, but some of the townsfolk are less than enthusiastic. Democratic Mayor Frank Curran pointed out that the city might lay out more than it would get in return. "Some of those delegates bring their own lunches and booze," he scoffed. "Some even sleep in their cars...
...young men in their 20s out cruising for trusting girls who feel "safe" riding with someone their own age. Said one policeman: "These girls believe their mothers' stories about the 'dirty old men.' They think anyone over 30 is out to get them. So they hop into a car driven by a young guy with long hair and beads. These are the guys who, in most cases, are committing the assaults...
Though he admires Darin and reminisced a moment about "Splish Splash," "Dream Lover," and "Queen of the Hop," Baskauskas's favorite is Roy Orbison. He has about a dozen Orbison albums. Baskauskas says listening to music "takes up almost all my time," since he listens to it while studying...