Word: ja
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much higher-priced than surface freight leaves it vulnerable to more severe effects of economic slowdowns. Making the business even more unpredictable is the heavy dependence on Government contracts. Flying Tiger's first big business came when it landed a six-month Government contract for hauls to Ja pan in 1946; later it profited in a major way from airlift business during the 1948-49 Berlin crisis and the Korean War. Today military airlift contracts, generated in large part by the Viet Nam war, account for nearly 60% of all Flying Tiger revenue...
...countries, Austria and Switzerland, at speeds up to 100 m.p.h., saving travelers much of the airlines' baggage-handling hangup and the time-consuming trip to and from out-of-city airports. TEE passengers sometimes find themselves beating jet time - especially on trips of 250 miles or less. Like Ja pan's New Tokaido Line, whose Hikari and Kodama bolt between Osaka and Tokyo at speeds up to 130 m.p.h., Trans Europe trains are built for comfort as well as speed. While he travels from...
...Natural Partners." What seemed to concern the ambassador most was Ja pan's attitude toward U.S. efforts to counter Communism in Viet Nam. Said Reischauer: "This is not a war started by us, but by those who believe in world revolution and direct violence. We are being much truer to ideals that the Japanese people profess than you are yourselves. I don't know why Japanese indignation is not turned toward Hanoi. Why is it turned toward...
...miles beyond Hernando, Miss., Meredith was plodding doggedly up a small hill when a white man popped up from the brush along the highway. "Ja-ames Meredith! Ja-ames Meredith!" he cried. "I only want Ja-ames Meredith!" Meredith's companions scrambled for cover, stumbling over one another. "Look out, Jim, he's got a gun!" cried one. "Hit the dirt!" called an other. Startled, Meredith hesitated. A 16-gauge shotgun roared once, and a spray of bird shot blasted into Meredith's right side. He fell to his knees and began to wriggle across the highway...
...Hamburg, if you ask for a hamburger, the man behind the counter will say, "Ich bin ein Hamburger! Everyone who lives here is a Hamburger!" And when you are in a German beer hall, don't bellow out that favorite of American rathskellers-"Ist das nicht ein Schnitzelbank? Ja, das ist ein Schnitzelbank"-everyone will think you're crazy, except, of course, the American tourists at the next table, who will join...