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Back from the wild blue yonder, thousands of veterans jumped into the air transport business after the war. All they needed to set themselves up as irregular nonscheduled airlines was a little capital, some flying know-how, and one or more surplus planes, which the War Assets Administration was eager to sell them cheap. Some of them crashed, and some went broke. But about no nonscheduled lines have been doing well enough with cargo and air-coach services to throw a scare into the big, scheduled airlines...
Both Mandel and the unfortunate Smith slept heavily throughout each day of their stay; the reason being that Smith had acquired an inexhaustible supply of Seconds--Medication for sleep--and issued them at irregular intervals to the bored Mandel, Smith having become addicted weeks before. The lack of sleep and gripes of such patients as Sachnoff motivated those cunning activities...
Last year the radio industry took in more money and boasted more stations than ever before in history. But this look of ruddy health was a sorry illusion. Actually, radio's pulse was irregular and feeble; it was seeing TV spots before its eyes...
Flagrant Violations. The treaties, said the U.S. State Department, have been "flagrantly violated" by Hungary, Rumania and Bulgaria. The three satellites have ignored the clauses limiting their armed forces, both by building up regular armies larger than permitted and recruiting "irregular" formations, such as "frontier guards," militia, etc. They have consistently sabotaged the "property rights" of the Western nations, guaranteed under the treaties, notably by expropriating U.S. and British oil companies. Above all, in a long series of political and religious persecutions, they have trampled on the treaty clauses in which they promised to all their citizens "without distinction...
...Means of communication with Andagoya are extremely irregular and difficult. Avianca renders service from Medellin to Quibdo with PBY-5R planes. From Quibdo to El Yuto, which does not show on any map, you go by launch. From El Yuto to Istmina a jungle trail enables a truck to make its way, though rather difficult in the winter months as the rivet" Certegui may flood the area. From Istmina to Andagoya you have recourse, once again, to a launch. Two days overall of difficult travel, if you are lucky...