Word: jetted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...battlefield itself, swift jet fighter-bombers flash in under the low-hanging clouds to dump napalm and explosives on enemy positions that are now as close as 300 yards to the base perimeter. The Marines are, in fact, relying on air to do the job of pinpoint destruction that their own artillery would normally undertake. Reason: they lost so many shells when their ammo dump was hit three weeks ago that they are conserving ammunition for the big attack...
Cooperation has become necessary for the Trucial States since Britain decided to pull back its 6,000 troops and its two Hawker Hunter jet squadrons from the Persian Gulf by 1971. Arab nationalists in South Yemen have vowed to oust the sheiks, and the Egyptians, Saudi Arabians, Iraqis and Iranians are also out to extend their influence in the Gulf. Result: the Trucial sheiks are scurrying around looking for ways to protect themselves. Last week's pact is just a start toward banding together in the face of danger. This week the sheiks gather in Dubai to discuss enlarging...
...evening, turtlenecks are becoming fancier, now come in silk or piqué, with French cuffs. Another evening alternative is the Russian-style, high-collared rubashka (cossack shirt), which buttons up the side and is much favored by Colonel Serge Obolensky, the White Russian public relations man from Manhattan. Italian Jet Setter Count Rodolfo Crespi dresses up his rubashka with diamond studs. Frank Sinatra adds a gold medallion, suspended from a chain around his neck...
...trail and into a warm New York reception stepped dissident Democratic candidate Senator Eugene McCarthy, 51. The Minnesotan, who had spent the week slogging through wintry New Hampshire, found a more congenial welcome at the Manhattan town house of Socialite Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper. About 200 friendly writers, artists and jet-setters crowded around to hear him proclaim that "it is necessary now to admit to a kind of complete failure in Viet Nam." Poet Robert Lowell responded on the spot by announcing that he has formed a brand-new National Committee of Arts and Letters for McCarthy for President...
Barring last-minute hitches, American Airlines this week expects to sign a $750 million contract for some 30 to 35 McDonnell Douglas tri-jet DC-10s. Like Lockheed's airbus contender, the Douglas plane was devised to enable the airlines to fly travelers in economy-size flocks. With traffic growing at a steady 14% a year, the carriers consider air buses their best hope of avoiding menacing traffic jams in the skies between major U.S. cities in the '70s. Though primarily developed for hauls of 250 to 1,000 miles, the DC-10 will be capable of flying...